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The Devon Breed.

The Devon Breed.Bull, aged 2 years and 9 Months, bred by Mr Denny, Egnore, County of Norfolk. Professor Low's Illustrations of the Breeds of the Domestic Animals.

Drawn by M.r. Nicholson, R.S.A. from a Painting by M.r. Shiels, R.S.A. Drawn on Stone & Printed by Fairland, 45 S.t. Johns Sq.
Published April 1841 by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, Paternoster Row, London.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 250 x 330mm (9¾ x 13") large margins. Slight mount burn around image.
From Professor David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands' (1842), which contained fifty-six lithographs after paintings by William Shiels (1783-1857). Low (1786-1859), professor of agriculture at Edinburgh university and the founder of an agricultural museum, commissioned Shiels to paint 100 scientifically accurate illustrations of domestic livestock for his collection. A selection of these paintings, many of which depict breeds now extinct, were selected by Low to illustrate his ideas on breeding and preservation of indigenous species.
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