Description
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
