Coke Monument - Holkham

Coke Monument, Holkham Hall, Norfolk

The Shearing includes on the left portraits of key members of the committee responsible for the commission, the chairman Mr Leamon, Sir J P Boileau, Lord Colborne and Sir W Ffolkes and is a reminder of the annual Holkham 'shearings', begun in 1778 as the forerunners of today's agricultural shows, to which people interested in farming flocked from all over Britain and from overseas, eager to see Coke's farming innovations and new machinery. Coke is the central figure, larger than the others.

Date 26 September 2023