Short-horned hiefer (after Thomas Weaver)
William Ward the Elder, RA (London 1766 – London 1826)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1811
Materials
paper
Place of origin
Darlington
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286147
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Short-horned hiefer (after Thomas Weaver) by William Ward the Elder, RA (London 1766 – London 1826). Short horned heifer, 7 years old by William Ward after a painting by Thomas Weaver. Published by Wm. Robinson of Darlington, 1811. The heifer stands in front of a shelter with a brick wall behind. To the right a man in a smock with a basket of swedes. An inscription reads, 'Short-horned heifer, 7 years old Bred and fed by Mr Robert Colling of Brampton near Darlington in the county of Durham, to whom this print is respectfully inscribed by his obediant servant Wm. Robinson.'
Marks and inscriptions
Short-horned heifer, 7 years old Bred and fed by Mr Robert Colling of Brampton near Darlington in the county of Durham, to whom this print is respectfully inscribed by his obediant servant Wm. Robinson. (print)
Makers and roles
William Ward the Elder, RA (London 1766 – London 1826), engraver (printmaker) Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843), artist William Robinson, engraver and publisher