Object number
64/113
Title
A Gloucestershire Team of Oxen,
Collection
Creator
Description
Coloured aquatint print; 'A Gloucestershire Team of Oxen’. By R. Hills, published 1818 by T. McLean.
This is a coloured aquatint print entitled 'A Gloucestershire Team of Oxen’. It painted by R. Hills, and published on 1 July 1818 by T. McLean. It depicts three red and one white oxen pulling a wagon onto which hay is being loaded by two men and a boy. ARA. It is one of a collection of paintings and prints thought to date from the last quarter of the 18th century to c.1860.
Physical description
1 coloured aquatint print: light wood frame with perspex.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'PRINT - Aquatint // Description // A GLOUSTERSHIRE TEAM OF OXEN // 1818 // Painter: R. Hills Engraver:- // Published London July 1, 1818 by T. McLean. // Coloured aquatint, 14.3x9.6in // Dimensions // Light wood frame // 55.0cm wide x 48.0cm high // Associated information // (P. D. Carter's No.24) // Price £5.00 // 182. A GLOUCESTERSHIRE TEAM OF OXEN, Three red and one white oxen are pulling a wagon, on which hay; a boy on the wagon receives it. Painter R. HILLS. Engr.-. (N.p.,n.d.) Coloured aquatint; 14.4x 9.4in. A Glostershire team of oxen. From an original drawing by R. Hills, in the possession of the proprietors of this work. // References: Rothamsted Collection catalogue No.183, p.65 // P. D. Carter's catalogue No.4, p.4.'
Production date
1818 - 1818
Object name
Material
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5824.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14969.tif - High resolution image
