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The American Mammoth Ox or Brother Jonathan
| Lithographic print of prize ox. Inscription beneath title reads: Weighing 4,000 Pounds, or 500 Stone, - of Beautiful Proportions. / This astonishing Animal was Six Years old on the 15th. May 1839: Colour, Dapple Bay; was bred by the Honourable Isaac Hubbard, in the town of Claremont, New Hampshire, New / England, and imported to England under a heavy Bond to Her Majesty's Customs to reship Brother Jonathan to America in six months, this beautiful Creature was exhibited at the Egyptian / Hall, Piccadilly, London, seven weeks, during which time 22,368 persons visited him including most every branch of the Royal Family, and the leading Agricultural Noblemen and Gentlemen, / He has been purchased by some Gentlemen for the purpose of exhibiting him thro the Agricultural districts, to shew the laudable rivalry in our Transaclantic Bretheren - / Her Majesty's Government have been pleased to extend the Bond. Inscribed with proportions and measurements either side of title. |
| Image ID: | 117963 |
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| Creation Date: | 1839 |
| Creator Name: | Fairland |
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| Collection Name: | Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s |
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| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | CF 544 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6.75 x 5.75 inches |
| Caption and artist information from Sanders of Oxford. Herbert Clayton Desvignes was a painter active in London between 1833 and 1863. Specialising in prize-winning animals and rural scenes, he exhibited at the Royal Academy (1833 - 61), and at the British Institution and the Society of British Artists. His daughter Emily Desvignes (later Bicknell) was also an animal painter, who exhibited at the Royal Academy (1855 - 72). |
| Oxen |
| Flowers |
| Fences |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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