Thomas Sidney Cooper

Private Collector (the father of Captain Preolean, Norfolk, acquired from the Royal Academy in 1876)
Thomas Richardson (acquired from the above and sold: Christie's, London, April, 25, 1908, lot 79)
Dyson Lister, London (by June 15, 1908)
R. Hatton Wilson (acquired from the above on July 30, 1908)
Sale: Christie's, London, June 6, 1997, lot 130, illustrated
Sale: Christie's, London, June 13, 2000, lot 96, illustrated

London, Royal Academy, 1876, no. 953
Paris, International Exhibition, 1878

Henry Blackburn, ed., Royal Academy Notes, 1876, p. 62

Lined; under UV: dots and dashes of inpainting in sky on right side, inpainting to address craquelure in sky on left side, tiny dashes of inpainting in path before fence, one inch square area of inpainting in water to right of rightmost cow, a few dots and dashes to white cow in the center, some scattered dashes of inpainting in the water, particularly on the left, inpainting to address frame abrasion along left side.
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