A Prize Bull in front of Calke Church
Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1843
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
450 x 570 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290475
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Prize Bull in front of Calke Church by Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Liverpool 1843). A horned bull standing in a landscape, Calke Church in the right background. The bull stands facing right, a ha-ha just in front, trees in the background. Largely repainted.
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 (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Thomas Weaver (Worthen 1774 - Much Woolton 1843), artist