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This exhibition by photographer Elaine Vizor celebrates the iconic Wensleydale sheep breed and its official naming at the 17th Great Yorkshire Show in 1876, 150 years ago. Though named in 1876, the Wensleydale traces its lineage back to ‘Bluecap’, a single sire born in 1839 in the Yorkshire Dales. The Wensleydale breed is a luxury wool producer and the wool is very characteristic of its wavy, open crimp, high lustre, immense drape and rather long staple length. The wool is highly sought after for a range of textile crafts and offers natural sustainability in a throwaway world.