Hereford Cow
William Henry Davis (c.1786 - 1865)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1857 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
521 x 673 mm (20 ½ x 26 ½ in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609111
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Hereford Cow by William Henry Davis (c.1786 – 1865), signed and dated: bottom right: W H Davis / 1857. Portrait of a Hereford cow, white markings to head, stomach and legs, in profile to the right. In landscape setting. One of a set of sixteen portraits by William Henry Davis of Hereford cattle reared at Cronkhill by Richard Noel-Hill, 5th Baron Berwick (1800-1861).
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1947 with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated bottom right: W H Davis 1857 Brown 163 High Holburn On paper label on reverse of canvas: 191
Makers and roles
William Henry Davis (c.1786 - 1865), artist
References
Laing 2009: Alastair Laing, "A Bovine Paucity and Lack of Esteem", National Trust Arts/Buildings/Collections Bulletin, Summer Issue, July 2009, p.3