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Commotion in Cattle Ring
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1936
adults
agriculture and fishing
animals: mammals
architecture
Banbury
bull
crowd
England
England, South East
England, Southern
farm labourer
farmer
features
groups
interiors
man
market
Oxfordshire
people
places
platform / stage
public and municipal
trader
trading and commercial
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
24 June 2024
24 June 2024
2024-06-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2024-06-24
Archive Gallery: Artists International Association
Collection based display
Commotion in the Cattle Ring
support: 1016 × 1270 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1936
<p><b>N04834</b> COMMOTION IN THE CATTLE RING 1935
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<br/>Inscr. ‘J. Bateman 1935’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 40×50 (102×127).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1936.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1936 (191).
<br/><i>Repr:</i>
<i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1936, p.15; <i>Apollo</i>, XXIII, 1936, p.345; <i>Studio</i>, CXXXIV, 1947, p.124 (in colour).</p>
<p>Painted in the cattle ring at Banbury. The artist's widow wrote (9 September 1959): 'The original idea was just a sale-ring. But one day my husband saw a bull escape with its lead and the dealers scramble for safety.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults agriculture and fishing animals: mammals architecture Banbury bull crowd England England, South East England, Southern farmer farm labourer features groups interiors man market Oxfordshire people places platform / stage public and municipal trader trading and commercial UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions work and occupations