Cattle and sheep in an extensive landscape

Details

Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A. (1803-1902)
Cattle and sheep in an extensive landscape
signed and dated 'T. Sidney Cooper A.R.A. 1857' (lower left)
oil on canvas
42¼ x 72 1/8 in. (107.4 x 183.2 cm.)

Provenance

with Agnew's, Manchester.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 June 1972, lot 30 (1,900 gns to Hesketh).

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Lot Essay

The present picture bears many similarities to other works of the same year. It has been suggested that this was possibly a commission resulting from Cooper's Royal Academy exhibit of 1857 (no. 513): 'When in Crimson Cloud of Even, the Lingering Light Decays'. It incorporates many of the same animals in a comparable landscape setting.

We are grateful to Kenneth Westwood for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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