Gourps of cattle drawn from nature / by T. S. Cooper

Thomas Sidney Cooper RA

RA Collection: Book

Record number

18/1127

Author

Imprint

London: Ackermann & Co 96 Strand, 1839

Physical Description

26 lithographic plates ; 560 mm.

General Note

A book of 26 lithographic plates, including the title-page, of farm animals and rustic scenes after Thomas Sidney Cooper.

Contents

Plates in the book:

1. A Scotchman, reclining on a bank, his horse beyond with clothes and baggage draped across its back and his sheep-dog at his side

2. Two country girls in conversation, one kneeling with a pail, a heavily loaded pony and a flock of sheep behind them and a dog at their side [the title-page]

3. A flock of sheep resting in a byre

4. Cattle in a meadow, some lying down in the foreground

5. A reclining cow, others grazing in the distance

6.A young donkey suckling from its mother amidst a flock of sheep

7. A young country girl riding her donkey and driving a herd of cattle and sheep down to a pond

8. A large flock of sheep on a moor

9. A reclining cow with two rams standing behind her

10. Cattle reclining by a fence looking towards other cattle browsing in a water meadow

11. Donkeys standing in a field, one harnessed and with a saddle on its back

12. Cattle and sheep in a field with some lying beneath a copse of trees

13. A goat and a reclining kid with a pony standing beyond

14. Cattle in a meadow, one standing

15. A cow and her calf lying at her feet

16. A herdsman, surrounded by his cattle and sheep, in conversation with a country girl riding her donkey, a goat to the foreground

17. Calves reclining and standing by a tree

18. A donkey and her baby behind a cart-horse

19. A herd of cattle in a water meadow with the bull lowing

20. A cow and a bull standing in a shallow pond

21. Three goats by a rocky outcrop

22. A cart-horse and a pony with chickens between their hooves

23. Two cows amidst a flock of sheep on a hill

24. A large herd of cattle

25. Two cows, a bullock and some sheep in a byre

26. A large bull

Name as Subject

Subject

Animals in art

Contributors

Thomas Sidney Cooper RA, source artist
Charles Joseph Hullmandel, lithographic printer,
Ackermann and Company (London), publisher/bookseller