A Prize Sheep by a Shelter
Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1817 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
450 x 580 mm
Place of origin
Shrewsbury
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290471
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Prize Sheep by a Shelter by Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Liverpool 1843), signed and dated 1817. Painting of a ram, facing left The ram is shown standing with a thatched shed behind it and a landscape beyond. Other sheep graze in a field beyond and a spire is in the distance. 'Restored'.
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
Thos. Weaver pinxt 1817 (inscribed lower left)
Makers and roles
Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843), artist