Portraits of the Blyth Comet Ox, 2 Years & 11 Months old, and Four Wether Sheep, 21 Months old (after Thomas Weaver)
William Ward the Elder, RA (London 1766 – London 1826)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1818
Materials
wood, glass & paper
Measurements
580 x 710 mm; 790 mm (Height); 930 mm (Width)
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286071.1
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Portraits of the Blyth Comet Ox, 2 Years & 11 Months old, and Four Wether Sheep, 21 Months old (after Thomas Weaver) by William Ward the Elder, RA (London 1766 – London 1826). Portraits of the Blyth Comet Ox...and four Wether Sheep...bred by Mr Champion of Blyth, Notts...[and] exhibited in London 1817.' The animals are shown against a landscape background with a country house. Dedicated ot the Duke of Bedford, published 1818.
Marks and inscriptions
Portraits of the Blyth Comet Ox...and four Wether Sheep...bred by Mr Champion of Blyth, Notts...& exhibited in London 1817. (printed under image with dedication)
Makers and roles
William Ward the Elder, RA (London 1766 – London 1826), engraver (printmaker) after Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843), artist