over the hills and far away
by Peter Long
Print on dull white inlay paper 28x33 cms (Edition of 4, signed. Fits standard 28x33 cms/11x13 inch frame)
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h 15 x w 18 cm h 5.9 x w 7.1 in |
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 by John Boultbee (1753—1812). From his home in Harmston, Lincolnshire, the enormous creature would tour country fairs throughout England and Scotland in a specially made carriage drawn by four horses. Attending a show in Oxford in 1807, the ox sustained a damaged hip while alighting his vehicle. The injury failed to heal and he was slaughtered, weighing out at 189 stone.
The picture includes another gigantic beast, the Lockheed C-5m Galaxy, one of the world "Share with Pinterest"){kind=small}
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This print is after an etching of the celebrated Durham Ox (1796—1807) by John Boultbee (1753—1812). From his home in Harmston, Lincolnshire, the enormous creature would tour country fairs throughout England and Scotland in a specially made carriage drawn by four horses. Attending a show in Oxford in 1807, the ox sustained a damaged hip while alighting his vehicle. The injury failed to heal and he was slaughtered, weighing out at 189 stone.
The picture includes another gigantic beast, the Lockheed C-5m Galaxy, one of the world's largest military aircraft. From a USAF base in Germany the aircraft would sometimes overfly fields where the Durham Ox once grazed. Two hundred years apart, machine and beast are linked by the same desire to make all things bigger and better.
This is a relief print pulled from an engraved sheet of rubber.