A Longhorn Bull
J. Harris (fl.1861-1884)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1884 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
620 x 750 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290344
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Longhorn Bull by J. Harris (fl.1861-1884) . A red longhorn bull standing in a landscape, signed lower left 'J. Harris/1884'. It stands facing left with two horns curved down towards its nostrils. Above is a dark grey clouded sky, trees and bracken below. Bad condition.
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 by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
J. Harris/1884 (lower left)
Makers and roles
J. Harris (fl.1861-1884), artist