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Model of a cow in wax

Brian Hatton, 1897

The artist Brian Hatton was born in Hereford and spent most of his life there, before he was killed in action aged 28 while serving in Egypt during the First World War. Hatton was considered a young painter of outstanding promise, and this model of a wax cow – his only surviving sculpture, created when he was only ten years old – shows his intuitive grasp of form.

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Title of artwork, date

Model of a cow in wax, 1897

Date supported

2014

Medium and material

Wax

Dimensions

11.5 × 6 × 19.5cm (4 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 7 11/16in.)

Gifted by

Dr Geoffrey Vevers

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