Osborne bull Osborne bull The Osborne bull () is a high black silhouetted image of a bull in semi-profile. Nowadays the conservation of the bulls is handled by the family of Félix Tejada. The Osborne sherry company (founded by Thomas Osborne Mann in 1772) erected large images of bulls starting in 1956 to advertise their "Brandy de Jerez". The images were black (with the brand ""Veterano"" in red on it) advertising boards located near major roads throughout Spain. The original image was smaller and slightly different in design. The current larger image was created to comply with a law that prohibited advertising
Peter Osborne (Keeper of the Privy Purse) remarried to Anne Luddington, the widow of William Lane: Osborne did not fail in his trust towards her children, binding Gabriel Lane apprentice in June 1562 and sending him to school in the country in November. Osborne's continuing connection with her family is shown by his mention in the wills of Alderman John Machell (husband of Anne's sister Joan) in 1558, of their mother Dame Joan Laxton in 1576, of Anne herself in 1579 (Osborne and Lodge being her overseers), and of Sir Thomas Chamberlaine of Prestbury, Gloucestershire the second husband of Joan Machell, in 1580. In his role as