Lot Essay
The title on the frame of this picture, Mountebank Albion, is assumed to refer to the names of the two hunters.
Mountebank and Albion: Grooms and hunters in an extensive landscape
Details
John Ferneley, Sen. (1782-1860)
Mountebank and Albion: Grooms and hunters in an extensive landscape
signed and dated 'J. Ferneley/Melton Mowbray/1826.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
42 x 59 in. (106.7 x 151.1 cm.)
in a contemporary frame
Mountebank and Albion: Grooms and hunters in an extensive landscape
signed and dated 'J. Ferneley/Melton Mowbray/1826.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
42 x 59 in. (106.7 x 151.1 cm.)
in a contemporary frame
Provenance
Commissioned by Captain Garth, April 1826.
Purchased from Arthur Ackermann and Son Ltd., London.
Purchased from Arthur Ackermann and Son Ltd., London.
Literature
Major G. Paget, The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, Leicester, 1931, p. 134, no. 210b ('Portrait of two horses and two grooms', 30 guineas).