Artist
Falconer Balston Larkworthy(British, born Australia, 1860–1934)British, born Australia, 1860–1934
CultureBritish
Titles
- Photographs of Celebrated British Shorthorns
Date1879
MediumAlbum of albumen silver prints from glass negatives
DimensionsImage (Visible): 5 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (13.7 × 18.7 cm)
Overall: 15 3/16 × 11 5/8 × 3 1/4 in. (38.5 × 29.5 × 8.3 cm)
Overall: 15 3/16 × 11 5/8 × 3 1/4 in. (38.5 × 29.5 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.463.1-.108
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
British are as proud of their Shorthorns as Texans are of their Longhorns. In
August 1879, shortly before traveling to New Zealand, young Falconer Larkworthy
photographed outstanding examples of Shorthorn cattle—a breed developed in
Britain over the previous hundred years. He undertook the task “with the view
of exhibiting to Colonists the type [of] Shorthorns of Great Britain &
affording a comparison between British & Colonial cattle of that breed.”
Larkworthy’s publication included the names and full pedigrees of each
specimen, but it was the photographic evidence that would prove most
descriptive and persuasive.
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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