Hereford Cow
William Henry Davis (c.1786 - 1865)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1852 (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 609112
Summary
Oil painting on canvas; Hereford Cow, by William Henry Davis (c.1786 – 1865), signed and dated, bottom left: W. H. Davis 1852. Portrait of a Hereford cow, numerous white markings all over body, in profile to the left. In landscape setting, with a river in middle distance and trees to the right. 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 left: W H Davis 1852 On reverse of canvas: BROWN 163 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON On bottom stretcher: 'Cherry' On reverse: HOUSEKEEPERS BETWEEN WINDOWS One of two paper labels detached from painting, currently in the Picture Store: Lord Berwick / Cronkhill / near Shrewsbury/ Hereford Heifer "Cherry the Sixth" / Winner of 2 First Prizes at / [illegible] Exeter & London / W H Davis One of two paper labels detached from painting, currently in the Picture Store: PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF 1855/ Proprietor's / Name / and full / address fo a / letter by / Post. / Title / or description / of the work. / Artist's Name / No. / A / OIL PAINTING / This ticket to be affixed to the back of the frame of each work One of two paper labels detached from painting, currently in the Picture Store: BOOTS, THE STATIONERS. One of two paper labels detached from painting, currently in the Picture Store: 193
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