Painter of Pedigree – Thomas Weaver of Shrewsbury
Animal Artist of the Agricultural Revolution
Animal Artist of the Agricultural Revolution
Based on a unique collection of letters and papers of my great-great-great-great uncle, an animal artist during the Agricultural Revolution, this biography is Illustrated with more than sixty of his paintings and prints. It reveals the art, artistry and artifice that went into portraying and promoting new breeds of farm and sporting animals, such as prize bulls and thoroughbred mares, in late Georgian and early Victorian England.
"Far from being a sentimental or eccentric sideshow, farm animal portraiture in the early 19th century was part of an economic revolution, and Thomas Weaver was in many ways its George Stubbs. This admirable biography illuminates the art, life and times of an unjustly neglected artist."
Robin Blake, author of George Stubbs and the Wide Creation
"All the animals painted by Weaver, and humans too for that matter, have marvellous wit and character, illustrated by the most expressive glance, stance and posture."
Mary Ann Wingfield, Dictionary of Sporting Artists 1650-1990
"Possibly the greatest artist of the age of the English Agricultural Revolution."
Demelza Spargo, author of This Land is Our land – Aspects of Agriculture in English Art
VIEW a GALLERY of THOMAS WEAVER'S PAINTING and PRINTS
