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(Robert) Reuben Cole (1850-1919)

A Spanish Ox Before 1 Aug 1882

Oil on canvas | 59.0 x 67.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404113

(Robert) Reuben Cole (1850-1919)

A Spanish Ox Before 1 Aug 1882

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Description

This is a portrait of one of the two Spanish oxen acquired by Queen Victoria in 1880. One died in 1885.

Provenance

Painted for Queen Victoria.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection (Robert) Reuben Cole (1850-1919)
(artist)

Commissioner(s)

Search the collection View the person page Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Oil on canvas

oil paint, canvas

Measurements

59.0 x 67.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)

81.4 x 88.6 x 4.3 cm (frame, external)
Groupings
Category
Paintings
Object type(s)
visual works
paintings
Subject(s)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Science, Medicine and Technology
Agriculture and related techniques
Animal husbandry
Cattle & oxen
References

Other number(s)

OMV : Millar, O., 1992. The Victorian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 2 vols, Cambridge – OMV 206

Alternative title(s)

Spanish Ox

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