The Cow-Yard

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Artist/Maker	Linnell, John (painter (artist))
Place of origin	Britain (painted)

Oil on panel depicting a farmyard scene with cows

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Categories	Paintings Animals and Wildlife
Object type	Oil painting
Title	The Cow-Yard (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Oil on panel Oil Paint Panel Oil Painting
Brief description	Oil painting entitled 'The Cow-Yard' by John Linnell. Great Britain, 1831.
Physical description	Oil on panel depicting a farmyard scene with cows
Dimensions	Approx. height: 28.6cm Approx. width: 38.1cm Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'J Linnell f.' (Signed by the artist, lower right of centre) '1831' (Inscribed right of signature) 'No 2 The Cow-Yard/By John Linnell/Porchester Terrace/Bayswater/1832' (Inscribed on a label on the back (presumably by the artist))
Credit line	Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history	Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted	Cattle Cows Farms
Bibliographic reference	Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 177
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	FA.134[O]

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Record created	April 17, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133989/the-cow-yard-oil-painting-linnell-john/

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