A Prize Warwickshire Lamb
Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1819 - 1840
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
475 x 600 mm
Place of origin
Shrewsbury
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290468
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Prize Warwickshire Lamb by Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Liverpool 1843), inscribed lower left; 'Thos. Weaver pinxt' and lower right; 'Old Original Warwickshire Sheep'. A young shorn lamb, facing right with a short-nosed white face and thick legs. Behind left is a shack and in the distance is a Warwick Castle.
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
Old Original Warwickshire Sheep (inscribed lower right)
Makers and roles
Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843), artist