Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Attributed to Edward Calvert, 1799–1883, British
Title:
Lamb and Oxen in a Pastoral Landscape
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium slightly textured beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (14.9 x 14 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in black ink center: "Colnaghi, from whom I bought this drawing, said that they had got it from an old lady who had inherited it, with a lot of Blake and Calvert wood-cuts; they gave it to Samuel Palmer - J-E.Courisky- | 1940 | The oxen in this drawing are so like those in Calvert's woodcut, 'The Cyder Press", that it may be by him - | J.E.C. 1942"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6006
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | grazing | oxen | pastoral | lambs
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15114