C.A. Sweetster
Portrait of Lady Hampden, the One-Time Largest Heifer in the World, C. 1868
Albumen print
2 1/2 x 4 inches
With subject ID recto and photographer's credit verso.
With subject ID recto and photographer's credit verso.
An unusual CDV portrait of Lady Hampden, billed as largest known heifer in the world. This photo was taken in Springfield, MA, where the big gal appeared in May of...
An unusual CDV portrait of Lady Hampden, billed as largest known heifer in the world. This photo was taken in Springfield, MA, where the big gal appeared in May of 1868. At that time, she was six years old, weight four thousand pounds, had a girth of nine-feet three inches, and stood three-feet between her forelegs.