Object number
66/11
Title
Field Marshall V,
Creator
Description
Photograph of prize horse Field Marshall V, property of and bred by His Majesty The King.
This is a photograph of prize horse Field Marshall V. This horse was the property of and bred by His Majesty The King. Foaled in 1917, he was the winner of the champion Prize at the Shire Horse Society’s Show, 1920. (Islington). Mr Curtis was a groom at the stud of the late James Forshaw of Carlton-on-Trent. Mr Forshaw was one of the three judges at the 1920 show and King George V gave him this photograph.
Physical description
1 photograph (framed)
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ (Institute of Agricultural History) - ‘PHOTOGRAPH // LIVESTOCK Horse breed // Gift Mr Tom Curtis, Barrow Hill Sutton-on-Trent, Newark, Notts // Description: “FIELD MARSHALL V” Photograph by G. H. Parsons 1920, black and white 37x30cm // Dimensions: Mounted on card [now framed] 57cm wide x 43cm high // Associated information: “Field Marshall V” 35627. The property of and bred by His Majesty The King. Foaled 1917, winner of the champion Prize at the Shire Horse Society’s Show, 1920. (Islington). Mr Curtis was a groom at the stud of the late James Forshaw of Carlton-on-Trent. Mr Forshaw was one of the three judges at the 1920 show and King George V gave him the photograph.’
Production place
Islington
Production date
1920 - 1920
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