A Prize Shorthorn Cow
Thomas Walker Bretland (Nottingham 1802 - Nottingham 1874)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1861 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
630 x 760 mm
Place of origin
Nottinghamshire
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290295
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Prize Shorthorn Cow by Thomas Walker Bretland (Nottingham 1802 – Nottingham 1874), signed and dated; J. Bretland, Nottinghamshire, 1861. A shorthorn cow, standing in profile in a stable with straw underfoot and a small manger with cabbages and turnips.
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
Marks and inscriptions
J. Bretland, Nottinghamshire, 1861. (inscribed)
Makers and roles
Thomas Walker Bretland (Nottingham 1802 - Nottingham 1874), artist