Name: Fine 19th Century English Fam Prize Fat Pig Portrait Antique Oil Painting
Year: 19th Century
Size: 18" x 10"
Medium: Oil
Description: A Fat Pig, 19th Century Oil On Panel - Provincial English School - inscribed initial D.J.H dated 1875 - Fine 19th Century English Provincial School portrait of "A Fat Pig" oil on panel. Excellent example of prize livestock painting depicting a prize pig in its pen with typically exaggerated body and shortened limbs. Rare early example painted by a provincial country artist during the time and these types of works were disregarded by the artistic community during the period, now examples such as this are sought after and celebrated particularly by those who appreciate agricultural life and the history of animal rearing. Unframed. This panel with stable split. Measurements: 18" x 10" framed