A Fine English Naïve Prize Livestock Painting

Depicting a Shorthorn Ox in a Stylised Landscape
Oils on Canvas
English. c.1850

25.25" high x 33" wide (framed)
20.5” high x 26.75" wide (unframed)

Provenance: English Private Collection, Norfolk

Ref: 11538 

The Shorthorn ox was a popular subject in 19th-century art, particularly in British and American livestock portraits and agricultural prints. These artworks served both aesthetic and practical purposes, often commissioned by breeders to showcase the quality of their prize cattle.