'Broken-horned Beauty', 18 years old Garrick's Mother, Sire Hampton Butt Dam Long-horned Beauty sold for 44 guineas at public auction
John Boultbee (Osgathorpe 1753 – Liverpool 1812)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1773 - 1812
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
927 x 723 mm (36 1/2 x 28 1/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271514
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Broken-horned Beauty', 18 years old Garrick's Mother, Sire Hampton Butt Dam Long-horned Beauty sold for 44 guineas at public auction by John Boultbee (1753-1812). Light brown and white cow with one and a half horns, facing right in front of a five bar gate. One of set of five, see SHG.P.145.1-5.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust with Shugborough’s park and contents of the state rooms, in part-payment of death-duties to the Treasury, following the death of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960)
Marks and inscriptions
Broken-horned Beauty 18 Years Old/Garricks Mother, Sire Hampshire Bull./Dam Long-horned Beauty/sold for 44 GUINEAS at public Auction (label on frame)
Makers and roles
John Boultbee (Osgathorpe 1753 – Liverpool 1812), artist