The Pretty Pigs

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Date:1840 - 1860 (c.)

Description:Oil painting on oak board, unframed, with brass hanging loop at top. Group of six pigs in farmyard feeding on turnips. Farm buildings and hay ricks in background. Wagon in barn, inscribed with name 'J. Fisher' (possibly artist?). Inscription painted in white on reverse: 'The Pretty Pigs'.

Dimensions: height 215mm, width 298mm

From Staffordshire Arts & museum Service collections, held at the Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford.

Related themes:

Livestock Farming Farm Houses & Farm Yards Barns & Outbuildings Agriculture & Countryside

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Donor ref:G2006.003.0001 (83/22909)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service - Art Collection

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