A Shearling Hog and Hound in a Landscape
Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1829 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
470 x 590 mm
Place of origin
Shrewsbury
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290469
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Shearling Hog and Hound in a Landscape by Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Liverpool 1843), signed and dated 1829. A shearhog shown facing right, a whippet type dog seated beside it. Behind left is a tree and in the distance a church spire. . Inscribed lower right; 'Shearhog No. 18'.
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
Shearhog No. 18 (inscribed lower right)
Makers and roles
Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843), artist