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Painting for Dalgety head office

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Painting for Dalgety head office

This painting of prize Shorthorn cows and bulls by George Ferdinand Fodor was commissioned by Dalgety & Co. in the 1880s. It may have been exhibited at the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-389

by George Ferdinand Fodor

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Hugh Stringleman, Stock and station agencies – Origins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/17382/painting-for-dalgety-head-office (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hugh Stringleman, published 1 March 2009.