Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by John Porter, active 1838

after Lucas Beattie, active 1835–1838
Title:
The Chillington Oxen
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and mezzotint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches (46.4 x 54.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "C"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1985.36.268
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | science | obesity | ewe (animal) | farming | agronomy | husbandry
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA)

Stephanie Triplett, Bovine reproductions : animal husbandry and acclimatization in the cattle paintings and prints of Rosa Bonheur, Art History, vol. 46, February 2023, p. 17, fig. 3, N1 .A75 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:44353