Two bay mares with a terrier by a tree, in a landscape

Details

John Ferneley, Sen. (1782-1860)
Two bay mares with a terrier by a tree, in a landscape
signed and dated 'J Ferneley Melton Mowbray 1842.' (lower left)
oil on unlined canvas
40 x 50 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)

Provenance

Evidently either Thomas Parker, 5th Earl Macclesfield (1763-1850) or Thomas Parker, 6th Earl Macclesfield (1811-1896) and by descent.

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Sale room notice

Please note this picture shows two hunters at grass and not two mares as it is described in the catalogue entry.

Lot Essay

Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield, married as his second wife, Lady Mary Frances Grosvenor, daughter of Richard, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795-1869), in the year that this picture was painted. His second wife's grandfather, Robert, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767-1845), was a keen patron of Ferneley.

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