Victorian British Shorthorn Bull Pastoral Oil Painting in Gilt Frame c.1890 in the Manner of William Ward

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Victorian British Shorthorn Bull Pastoral Oil Painting in Gilt Frame c.1890

An expressive late-Victorian British livestock portrait with rich pastoral … Read more Victorian British Shorthorn Bull Pastoral Oil Painting in Gilt Frame c.1890

An expressive late-Victorian British livestock portrait with rich pastoral colouring, documented provenance and an intriguing Bourgeois Aîné Paris artist's support.

Highlights

British School, in the manner of William Ward
Circa 1890
Oil on canvas
Prized Shorthorn bull
Bourgeois Aîné, Paris F8 support
Golding Young & Mawer provenance
Professionally conserved
Privately loaned and exhibited with the Famous Lord Hill Museum
Decorative gilt frame
Ready to hang

Introduction

A characterful late-Victorian painting of a prized brown-and-white Shorthorn bull standing prominently within open countryside.

The warm russet and creamy-white animal contrasts beautifully with green pasture and an atmospheric sky, while the decorative gilt frame creates a strong traditional presentation.

British Livestock Portraiture

The bull is presented in full profile, concentrating attention upon its colouring, conformation and individual character.

The direct composition belongs to Britain's longstanding tradition of livestock portraiture and possesses the appealing individuality associated with provincial and naïve animal painting.

Attribution

British School, in the manner of William Ward, circa 1890.

Unsigned.

The attribution is stylistic and deliberately qualified.

Historic Bourgeois Aîné Support

The reverse retains a registered B-in-lozenge trade mark associated with Bourgeois Aîné, Paris.

The support is marked 46 × 38 cm, corresponding to the French F8 standard format.

This provides a fascinating material-history element to the painting and is compatible with its late-19th-century context.

Golding Young & Mawer

Golding Young & Mawer, Lincoln Fine Art Sale, 5 February 2025, Lot 119.

Catalogued as:

“19thC British School. Short horn bull in landscape, oil on canvas.”

Provenance

Private collection.

Golding Young & Mawer, Lincoln Fine Art Sale, 5 February 2025, Lot 119.

Acquired from the above sale.

Thereafter Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD®.

Private Loan and Exhibition

Privately loaned and exhibited with the Famous Lord Hill Museum, Shropshire.

The painting remained privately owned throughout the loan and exhibition period.

Professional Conservation

Professionally assessed and conserved by Vanessa Andrew M.A., Fine Art Conservator.

The treatment improved stability and presentation while retaining appropriate historic craquelure and surface texture.

Dimensions

Approximately 45 × 52 × 3 cm framed.

Frame

Later decorative gilt frame with moulded ornament and an established country-house appearance.

Expected rubbing, chips, marks and small decorative losses.

Ready to hang.



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