| The Lincolnshire Ox | |
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| Artist | George Stubbs |
| Year | 1790 |
| Type | Oil on panel, animal painting |
| Dimensions | 67.9 cm× 99 cm(26.7 in× 39 in) |
| Location | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
The Lincolnshire Ox is an oil on canvas by the English artist George Stubbs, from 1790. [1] It is held in the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool. [2]
Stubbs was a noted animal painter and the work feature a celebrated ox of the era. Having been born in Gedney in Lincolnshire in 1782, the Hereford breed Ox had grown to such a large size by the end of the decade that it was taken to London and displayed at venues, including the Lyceum in the Strand, for more than a year. It is shown in this work with his owner, John Gibbons, who commissioned it, and in the company of a noted fighting cock, at the right, also owned by Gibbons. [3]
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1790 at Somerset House. Today it is in the collection of the Walker Art Gallery, having been acquired in 1941. [4]