John Frederick Herring, Sen. (1795-1865)

A chestnut mare with her foal in a paddock

Details

John Frederick Herring, Sen. (1795-1865)
A chestnut mare with her foal in a paddock
signed and dated 'J.F. Herring Senr 1854' (lower left)
oil on panel
10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., London.
James Stillman, American Art Association, 1927.

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Lot Essay

In the early 1850s Herring was much preoccupied with animals and their offspring and the resulting paintings were extremely popular. A series of nine aquatints titled 'The Mothers' was issued by Fores of 41 Piccadilly in 1854 to 1855.

Herring exhibited a Mare and Foal at the Portland Gallery in 1854 as number 278, priced at thirty guineas.

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