Introduction
This page is a photo gallery of all the Cows About Cambridge Large Cow sculptures that were on display in Cambridge between late June and early September 2021. See the Large Cows Trail page for a full record of the walking trail, including streetscapes and landmarks between the cow locations. See the Mini-Moos Gallery page for a similar photo gallery of the small Mini-Moo cows.
With a few exceptions these photos were taken on three occasions:
- When walking the Large Cows Trail on 10th August 2021.
- During a return visit to most of the cows on 3rd September 2021, when there were fewer people and obstructions around some of them.
- During the Farewell Event at the Grafton Centre on 17th September 2021.
Disappointingly, the trail did not leave a civic art legacy. No auctioned cows reappeared on display in public places in Cambridge, although MOOOOre Gin Please found a home inside the Hilton Hotel. If you find one on display in a location open to the public and not mentioned here please contact me!
Click on the “Details” links to view the information about the sculptures on the Cows About Cambridge website. Click on the gallery images to display the lightbox.
Contents
Cows 1-41: Large Cows Trail
Cow 1 “Around the City”
Location: Cambridge railway station forecourt to the left of the entrance
Artist: This is Sian Ellis
Sponsor: Thameslink
Design: Drawings of Cambridge landmarks and white animal outlines
Details: Around the City
Cow 2 “The Bovine Line”
Location: Cambridge railway station forecourt to the right of the entrance
Artist: Phil Daniels
Sponsor: Greater Anglia
Design: Cambridge scenes and trains
Details: The Bovine Line
Cow 3 “Top Cow”
Location: Outside the entrance to One Station Square, opposite Cambridge Station
Artist: Rosalind Harrison
Sponsor: Deloitte
Design: Covered in plastic milk bottle tops in several colours
Details: Top Cow
Cow 4 “The Botanicow”
Location: Outside the Clayton Hotel on Station Road
Artist: Heloise Toop
Sponsor: Clayton Hotel, Cambridge
Design: Inspired by Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Details: The Botanicow
Cow 5 “Mooshu”
Location: In Mill Park near Brookgate
Artist: Jessica Perrin
Sponsor: Cofinitive
Design: Inspired by a Chinese dragon
Details: Mooshu
Cow 6 “At the Moovies”
Location: Outside Cambridge Leisure Park entrance
Artist: Jenna Wass
Sponsor: Cambridge Leisure
Design: Cinema theme – film, stars and popcorn
Details: At the Moovies
Cow 7 “Moodle Yoodle”
Location: In the square outside Cambridge Assessment, Shaftesbury Road
Artist: Tori Woolley aka The Pink Hare
Sponsor: Cambridge Assessment
Design: Doodle-style
Details: Moodle Yoodle
Cow 8 “Moss Cow”
Location: To the left of the University Botanic Gardens entrance on Hills Road
Artist: Chris Pointon
Sponsor: Stagecoach East
Design: Covered entirely in moss and fitted with solar cells and an air quality sensor that can be read on a website
Details: Moss Cow
Cow 9 “Wandering Lions”
Location: To the right of the University Botanic Gardens entrance on Hills Road
Artist: Karis Youngman
Sponsor: Bidwells
Design: Inspired by the lions at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Details: Wandering Lions
Cow 10 “Animal Farm”
Location: Outside the entrance to the Old Addenbrooke’s site
Artist: Emma Graham
Sponsor: La Piazza by Signorelli’s
Design: Depicts the eponymous novel by George Orwell
Details: Animal Farm
Cow 11 “Punting Along the Cam”
Location: Beside the entrance to the Graduate Hotel, Granta Place
Artist: Jennifer Shufflebotham
Sponsor: Graduate Hotels
Design: The Bridge of Sighs in St John’s College
Details: Punting Along the Cam
Cow 12 “STEM Cow”
Location: On Queens’ Green just outside the college
Artist: Kelly Stanford
Sponsor: Riverlane
Design: Illustration of Cambridge’s scientific heritage
Details: STEM Cow
Cow 13 “The Moostery Sculpture”
Location: Inside to the left of the entrance to the University Museum of Zoology, New Museums Site
Artist: Laura-Kate Chapman
Sponsor: University Museum of Zoology
Design: Represents the collections and conservation work of the Department of Zoology, and decorated with animals on display in the Museum
Details: The Moostery Sculpture
Cow 14 “MOOOre Gin Please”
Trail Location: To the left of the entrance to the Hilton Hotel on Downing Street
Current Location: Hilton Hotel (believed to be inside – not yet revisited)
Artist: Laura-Kate Chapman
Sponsor: Hilton Hotel, Cambridge City Centre
Design: Inspired by plants used in the production of craft gin
Details: MOOOre Gin Please
Cow 15 “Beef Wellington”
Location: In the basement of John Lewis by the escalators
Artist: Claire Gale
Sponsor: John Lewis & Partners Cambridge
Design: Covered in patterned wellington boots
Details: Beef Wellington
Cow 16 “Entwining of Two Worlds”
Trail location: First floor in Grand Arcade, on the bridge outside the Central Library
Current Location: Private (Merritt family)
Artist: Tom Cringle in collaboration with Jack Merritt and residents of HMP Warren Hill
Design: Contains natural images and created by prisoners at Warren Hill as a tribute to Jack Merritt, who was killed in the Fishmongers’ Hall terror attack
Details: Entwining of Two Worlds
Cow 17 “Penny”
Trail Location: On the ground floor of Grand Arcade near the Lion Yard end
Current Location: Private (Bango offices)
Artist: Alex Carter
Sponsor: C. Hoare & Co.
Design: Covered in naturally tarnishing copper and silver coins
Details: Penny
Cow 18 “The Moooon”
Location: In a space-themed exhibit in the Lion Yard atrium by the escalators
Artist :Hannah Nelson
Sponsor: The Lion Yard Shopping Centre
Design: It has an image of the moon on its left side and a blood moon on its right side
Details: The Moooon
Cow 19 “MooMoo-o-Tron III”
Location: Beside the Guildhall at the entrance to the Peas Hill passage
Artist: Dinky Doors
Sponsor: Cambridge Business Improvement District
Design: Acquired by two aliens to ‘inconspicuously’ search for their Supreme Leader who came to Earth to visit the Museum of Technology, but crashed his flying saucer into the wall outside (it’s still there) and hasn’t been seen since. The pilot and navigator (with Cambridge A-Z map) are located behind the goggles, and there’s a lift down to ground level in the front right leg so they can get out and explore.
Details: MooMoo-o-Tron III
Cow 20 “Strength in Numbers”
Trail Location: Outside Great St Mary’s on the corner near St Mary’s Passage
Current Location: Private (Bango offices)
Artist: Emily Pettitt
Sponsor: Thameslink
Design: Figures reaching out to each other
Details: Strength in Numbers
Cow 21 “Hey Diddle Diddle”
Location: Close to Great St Mary’s entrance on Senate House Hill
Artist: Sally Adams
Sponsor: Aspiration Europe
Design: Based on the nursery rhyme with a cow jumping over the moon
Details: Hey Diddle Diddle
Cow 22 “Etheridge”
Location: In front of the curved arcade of shops in Sussex Street
Artist: Lucy Gough
Sponsor: Wild in Art
Design: Its geometric design is inspired by the Queens’ College Mathematical Bridge and named after its designer, William Etheridge
Details: Etheridge
Cow 23 “Sir Isaac Mooton”
Location: Outside the St John’s College Old Divinity School
Artist: Donna Newman
Sponsor: Cambridge Independent
Design: Featuring some of Sir Isaac Newton’s discoveries and inventions
Details: Sir Isaac Mooton
Cow 24 “Udders & Rudders”
Location: Quayside plaza
Artist: Paula Wilson
Sponsor: Wild in Art
Design: Oars painted in the colours of the Cambridge rowing clubs on a background of turquoise “Cambridge Blue”, as seen in the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race
Details: Udders & Rudders
Cow 25 “Messing About on the Cam”
Location: On Jesus Green at the west end of Park Parade
Artist: Kathleen Smith
Sponsor: Pentaco
Design: Activities and wildlife along the Cam
Details: Messing About on the Cam
Cow 26 “ButterCup”
Location: Midsummer Common on the south side where the paths cross
Artist: Sally Adams
Sponsor: Ashtons Legal
Design: Its face has been adapted to have petals and it is decorated with buttercups
Details: ButterCup
Cow 27 “The Enviromoontal Cow”
Location: New Square near the Eden Baptist Church
Artist: 10 Creative and Lana Hughes
Sponsor: 10 Creative
Design: Facts about the impact cows have on the environment
Details: The Enviromoontal Cow
Cow 28 “Honey”
Location: New Square near the corner leading to Jesus Terrace
Artist: Jina Gelder
Sponsor: FCC Innovation
Design: Bees and a selection of British wild flowers that support them
Details: Honey
Cow 29 “May-Belle”
Location: On Christ’s Pieces close to Emmanuel Road
Artist: Dario Fisher
Sponsor: Cambridge City Council
Design: Sunset scenes of King’s College Chapel and cows grazing by the Cam
Details: May-Belle
Cow 30 “Dairy Curie”
Location: Between Christ’s Pieces and the Drummer Street bus station
Artist: Laura-Kate Chapman
Sponsor: Royal Society of Chemistry
Design: Inspired by the research and discoveries of Cambridge chemists
Details: Dairy Curie
Cow 31 “Cowmono”
Location: Parker’s Piece in the north corner by Parkside and Park Terrace
Artist: Jessica Perrin
Sponsor: Lanpro
Design: Inspired by Japanese art as used on kimono fabric
Details: Cowmono
Cow 32 “Monty Rushmoo”
Location: Parker’s Piece in front of Hobbs’ Pavilion
Artist: Jina Gelder
Sponsor: Hilton Food Group PLC
Design: Celebration of Great British cow breeds
Details: Monty Rushmoo
Cow 33 “Cowbridges”
Location: To the right of the University Arms Hotel entrance on Regent Street
Artist: Glynn Thomas RE
Sponsor: Break, supported by The Sam Family
Design: Illustrates the bridges over the River Cam
Details: Cowbridges
Cow 34 “Mooto Cow”
Location: Just inside the entrance to the Gonville Hotel garden on Gresham Road
Artist: David Mitchell
Sponsor: Gonville Hotel Cambridge
Design: Represents robotics, science and the environment
Details: Mooto Cow
Cow 35 “Four-Four-Moo”
Location: Donkey Common beside the path between the pool and skateboard park
Artist: Megan Heather Evans
Sponsor: Huws Gray Ridgeons
Design: Cambridge United colours and named after the football formation
Details: Four-Four-Moo
Cow 36 “Art Attack Splat”
Location: Outside the entrance to Anglia Ruskin University on East Road
Artist: Rowan
Sponsor: Anglia Ruskin University
Design: Created by many people splattering it with different paint colours
Details: Art Attack Splat
Cow 37 “Doodle Cow”
Location: By the Grafton Centre entrance, in front of the Old Eden Chapel
Artist: Anne-Marie Miller
Sponsor: Cambridge Business Improvement District
Design: Doodles of facts, figures and quirky references to Cambridge
Details: Doodle Cow
Cow 38 “Now for Something Udderly Different”
Location: Inside the Grafton Centre on the ground floor by the escalators
Artist: Anne-Marie Byrne
Sponsor: Break
Design: A tribute to Monty Python
Details: Now for Something Udderly Different
Cow 39 “Stardust”
Location: On the first floor of the Grafton Centre outside the restaurants
Artist: Natalie Guy
Sponsor: The Grafton
Design: A mosaic of glistening mirror tiles
Details: Stardust
Cow 40 “Connecting Tails”
Location: In the square in front of Cambridge North Station (further from the station building)
Artist: SBART
Sponsor: McAleer & Rushe
Design: Cambridge scenes within a geometric pattern
Details: Connecting Tails
Cow 41 “Can You Find 100 Beetles?”
Location: In the square in front of Cambridge North Station (closer to the station building)
Artist: Sasha DeWitt Studios
Sponsor: Chesterton Partnership
Design: Brightly coloured leaves with 100 beetles on it
Details: Can You Find 100 Beetles?
Cows 42-44: Heard by the Herd
The “Heard by the Herd Cow-Munity Project” display was a big disappointment – three large cows (and five Mini-Moos) behind glass in a dimly lit window of a shop that was never open. I only managed to get poor photographs of them.
These three cows weren’t present at the Farewell Event. I was told their embellishments were made of cardboard and wouldn’t survive much handling.
Cow 42 “Moosha P Cambridge”
Original Location: Heard by the Herd shop window, Grafton Centre
Current Location: Central Library at 2nd floor level (one floor up from entrance) by the escalators (23rd September 2021), then on a tour of other libraries
Artist: Hilary Cox Condron
Sponsor: The Kite Trust, Encompass Network, Cambridge Pride and Cambridgeshire LGBTQ community
Design: Based on the Purple Rhino symbol for LGBTQ Human Rights
Details: Moosha P Cambridge
Cow 43 “SABEESHA the Mystic Moo”
Original Location: Heard by the Herd shop window, Grafton Centre
Current Location: Returned to the care home, not on public display
Artist: Residents of Cambridge Manor care home with Oblique Arts: Penny Sobr, artist/iIlustrator and Beverley Carpenter, artist
Design: Adorned with elaborate horns, decorations, textiles, pom-poms and bells
Details: SABEESHA the Mystic Moo
Cow 44 “Trash Art Moo”
Original Location: Heard by the Herd shop window, Grafton Centre
Current Location: Returned to a community hub, not on public display
Artist: Abbey Teens with Oblique Arts: Penny Sobr, artist/iIlustrator and Beverley Carpenter, artist
Design: Hi-vis green with decorations and “Save the planet” message
Details: Trash Art Moo
Farewell Event
The Farewell Event was held over three days in the Ping Pong Parlour at the Grafton Centre. One previously unseen large cow appeared here, as well as two Mini-Moos. I gather it was commissioned as a spare in case one of the others got broken.
Cow 45 “Bee Back Soon”
Location: Farewell Event only
Artist: Sasha DeWitt Studios
Design: Yellow background decorated with white flora and fauna
Details: Bee Back Soon
Group Shots
Finally a few pictures of the cows arranged in groups around the sides of the shop unit. A few were on their own in the middle and “Stardust” was outside on the concourse.
Mystery Cows – Where were these?
Cows About Cambridge isn’t the first cow sculpture trail I’ve come across. The three cows below were part of one in a US city I visited several years ago.
Click here to reveal the location of the mystery cows
CowParade, Denver, Colorado (2006)