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Oxford Down Ram in a Landscape

Image credit: Luton Culture

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William Nichols was a sign writer and painter from Dunstable, during the early 1800s.The Oxford Down ram was a prize sheep. Sign writers often branched out into doing portraits of people and animals. The church on the right represents Dunstable Priory.

Wardown Park Museum, Luton Culture

Luton

Title

Oxford Down Ram in a Landscape

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 63 x W 70 cm

Accession number

31.56

Acquisition method

purchased from Walker's Galleries, 1956

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed "W. Nicholls, Dunstable" (Also typewritten slip stating that the ram [or picture] was the property of Mr. Howard)

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Wardown Park Museum, Luton Culture

Old Bedford Road, Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 7HA England

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