A Bull of the Long Horned Breed (Primary Title)

Thomas Weaver, English, 1774 - 1843 (Artist)

19th century
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored mezzotint on laid paper
Sheet: 15 × 17 5/16 in. (38.1 × 43.97 cm)
Image: 13 3/4 × 17 5/16 in. (34.93 × 43.97 cm)
Mount: 18 1/8 × 20 15/16 in. (46.04 × 53.18 cm)
Other (matted): 20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.58 cm)
85.1395
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION.
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by Thomas Weaver. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by Will.m Ward Engraver Extraordinary/ to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of York. Printed beneath image in center: PORTRAIT OF A BULL OF THE LONG HORNED BREED,/ The Property of the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Anson/ and descended in a direct line from the celebrated Stock of the late Mr Fowler of Little Rollwright. Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: "154" and "c" (circled).
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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