Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817) The Farm Oil on canvas 87 x 118cm; 34¼ x 46½in The subject...

Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817) The Farm Oil on canvas 87 x 118cm; 34¼ x 46½in The subject derives from the poem by Robert Bloomfield called The Farmer's Boy Provenance: Samuel Day of Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse (1757-1806) Mary Day, his widow till 1846 Thomas Jones (1788-1848) who inherited the estate from her Edward Talbot Day Jones (1837-1911) and thence by descent to the present owner Literature: R.M. Clay Julius Ceasar Ibbetson, 1948, p.94 Inventory of all the Household… including Paintings at Hinton Charterhouse, the Property of the Late Thomas Jones made August 23rd-28th 1848 by English and Sons, Bath referred to as: A Landscape with Farm House, Figures, Cart horse and Cattle - By Ibbetson 34 inches by 46