John Pitman (fl. 1820-1846)/A Short Horn'd Ox/Portrait of the Shorthorn Ox in a Barn interior with Cow Herd holding a Swede with Dog at his side/signed J Pitman lower left/oil on canvas, 46cm x 61cm together with an engraving of the cow/Note: Bred and fed by the Mrs's Strickland of Apperley Court, Gloucestershire. Aged 5 years and 10 months when exhibited at the Smithfield Club Show, Christmas 1832 where he received the Silver Medal of the Society, neat weight 232 stone of 8lbs, loose fat 30 stone/Provenance: Apperley Court