A Prize Boar in a Sty
G. Gregory
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1846 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
640 x 890 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290294
Summary
Oil painting on canvas. A Prize Boar in a Sty by G. Gregory (fl.1836-1846), signed and dated; G. Gregory 1846. A black boar turned to left, standing in straw before a white-washed brick wall, a turnip on the ground to left. A white pig on the left in front of a fence with peacocks.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1985)
Marks and inscriptions
G. Gregory 1846 (inscribed)
Makers and roles
G. Gregory, artist