Falconer Balston Larkworthy
Photographs of Celebrated British Shorthorns

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Artist Falconer Balston Larkworthy(British, born Australia, 1860–1934)British, born Australia, 1860–1934

CultureBritish

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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)

Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection

Object number91.463.1-.108

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DescriptionThe
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.

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