| Method | Lithograph with hand colouring |
| Artist | C. Moody after B. Hubbard |
| Published | Boston: Published by Thos. Moses, York Street, Main Ridge. [c.1846] |
| Dimensions | Image 375 x 525 mm, Sheet 510 x 615 mm |
| Notes |
Inscription beneath title reads: Bred by Mr. Thomas Moses, of Stenigot, near Louth, Lincolnshire: / Herd Book, Vol 6, Page 377. / Got by Belvedere, the 4th. Herd Book, 3130; dam by Son of Quaternion, 1351; gr.dam by Ivanhoe, 1131; gr.g.dam by Cossack, 925; gr.g.g.'dam by Waddingworth, 668. / Flower was Winner of the following Prizes (open to All England) the first Prize as She-Calf (when four months old). Exhibited in a class of 6, at the North Lincolnshire Meeting, at Castor, in 1843._ At the North Lincolnshire Meeting at / Horncastle, 1844, first Prize, & a Sweepstakes, as the best Yearling Heifer in a class of 9. Also at Lincoln, same year, second Prize, in a class of 7. In 1845, at the Sleaford Meeting, the first Prize as a two years old Heifer, & at Gainsborough, the Second / Prize same year in a class of 7._ And the First Prize, as a three years old, at the North Lincolnshire Meeting, at Market Rasen, in 1846, in a class of 6. / Flower was sold at Mr. Moses's Sale, in 1846, for 57 guineas; a Yearling Bull - (Frederick, the first Calf), for 42 gs., & a Bull-Calf (the second), six weeks old, for 17gs. This extraordinary animal, when one year & four months old weighed 80 St. 2Lbs. (14 Lbs to the St. / Dedicated by Permission to the Rev.d Basil Beridge, / By his most obedient humble Servant / Thomas Moses. C. Moody was a British lithographer active in Holborn, London, in the mid-nineteenth century. B. Hubbard was a painter specialising in sporting scenes, active between 1839 and 1864. Based in Louth, Lincolnshire, Hubbard exhibited at the Royal Academy seven times. Boalch 77 Condition: Large repaired tears to bottom left corner of sheet, just affecting inscription space but not affecting the image. Stain to top margin not affecting image. Spotting below inscription. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £550.00 |
| Stock ID | 29016 |