Richard Whitford (circa 1821-1890)/The Swanwick Prize Sheep Herd/the herd of sheep bred by Russell Swanwick of The Royal Agricultural Farm, Cirencester, comprising a group of sixteen shearling ewes winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize and three Old Rams winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Birmingham 1876 with inscribed white lettering to the image/signed and dated 1876/oil on canvas, 74.5cm x 124cm, in an Arts & Crafts oak Oxford type frame, 100cm x 149cm
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Richard Whitford (circa 1821-1890)/The Swanwick Prize Sheep Herd/the herd of sheep bred by Russell Swanwick of The Royal Agricultural Farm, Cirencester, comprising a group of sixteen shearling ewes winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize and three Old Rams winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Birmingham 1876 with inscribed white lettering to the image/signed and dated 1876/oil on canvas, 74.5cm x 124cm, in an Arts & Crafts oak Oxford type frame, 100cm x 149cm
Auction: Fine Art & Antiques including the Estcourt Portraits, 17th Oct, 2023