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Hampstead Heath with cows

Oil Painting
1806 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting showing a herd of cows grazing on a slight rise on Hampstead Heath, against a cloudy sky.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleHampstead Heath with cows (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on millboard
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Hampstead Heath with Cows' by William Mulready. Great Britain, 1806.
Physical description
An oil painting showing a herd of cows grazing on a slight rise on Hampstead Heath, against a cloudy sky.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 15.1cm
  • Estimate width: 25.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'W Mulready 1806' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower left)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 210
Collection
Accession number
FA.161[O]

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Record createdSeptember 7, 2006
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