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Victorian Oil Painting Portrait Prized Shorthorn Bull In Field

£3,400.00

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This British Victorian oil painting features a prized Shorthorn bull in a beautiful field, framed for display. With expert brushstrokes and attention to detail, this portrait captures the magnificence of this breed and the beauty of the natural landscape. A must-have for any art enthusiast or animal lover.
Impress your clients & guests in your office or home with this stunning country animal prized bull masterpiece add it to your collection today.
Title “Prized Shorthorn Bull"
A rather good display size with the frame being 52 cm wide and 45 cm high.
Subject prized country farm animal of a brown & white shortbull bull in full profile facing towards the left. Set in an open green landscape field, with a partial view of a tall tree to the upper left. Above a mixed light overcast sky with blue shining through at the top.
Such a vibrant scene the different colour hues are fine, which you will love & treasure as a family heirloom & pass down the generations.
Unsigned British school artist.
Oil on canvas.
Set in a later decorative gilt frame.
Origin from the United Kingdom.
With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display.
Circa late 19th century Victorian era.
The Beef Shorthorn was developed from the Shorthorn breed in England and Scotland around 1820. The Shorthorn was originally developed as a dual-purpose breed, suitable for both dairy and beef production. However, different breeders opted to concentrate on one purpose rather than the other, and in 1958, the beef breeders started their own section of the herdbook. Since then, the Beef Shorthorns have been developed as a separate breed to the Dairy Shorthorns.
By the early 1970s, the Beef Shorthorn breeders were concerned their cattle were too small and lacked muscle, especially when compared with the continental breeds of cattle, such as the Charolais or Limousin – that were starting to be introduced to the UK. To help remedy this, in 1976, the Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society sanctioned the introduction of Maine-Anjou blood into the breed. The Maine-Anjou breed, developed in France, was descended from the same Durham cattle as the Shorthorn. The decision to introduce Maine-Anjou blood into the Beef Shorthorn breed was very controversial at the time, but most breeders now acknowledge it was a necessary step which saved the breed from irrelevance.
Provenance Shire private collection, Eastern Shire high end auction, Exhibited Famous Lord Hill Museum & in collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.
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Condition report.
Offered in acceptable overall used condition.
Having various foxing stains & craquelure to the surface also with some paint loss & flaking in areas. With small paint touch ups in areas and a tiny tear to the canvas located to the back ridge of the bull. The frame has general wear, dust, stains, with some cracking, chips & some losses commensurate with usage & age.
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Dimensions in centimetres of the frame

High (45 cm)
Wide (52 cm)
Depth (3 cm)