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Interior of a Cattle Shed

Oil Painting
1845 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil on millboard depicting the interior of a cattle shed with a young calf and chickens


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleInterior of a Cattle Shed (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on millboard
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Interior of a Cattle Shed' by William Simson. Great Britain, 1845.
Physical description
Oil on millboard depicting the interior of a cattle shed with a young calf and chickens
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 33.9cm
  • Approx. width: 45.5cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'W Simson, 1845' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 265
Collection
Accession number
FA.180[O]

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Record createdApril 17, 2007
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