Lot Essay
This lifesize study, circa 1832, was the largest single head study painted by Cooper.
Details
Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A. (1803-1902)
Head of a Cow
oil on canvas
35 x 27 7/8in. (88.9 x 70.8cm.)
Head of a Cow
oil on canvas
35 x 27 7/8in. (88.9 x 70.8cm.)
Provenance
The artist's studio sale; Christie's, 12 April 1902, lot 123 (21 gns. to Bowden)
Exhibited
Canterbury, Royal Museum, Early Drawings ... by Thomas Sidney Cooper, 1992, no.59