Jennie asleep at a kitchen table, surrounded by fruit and vegetables, with two dogs and a cat in front of the stove at her feet

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John Frederick Herring, Sen. (1795-1865)
Jennie asleep at a kitchen table, surrounded by fruit and vegetables, with two dogs and a cat in front of the stove at her feet
signed and dated 'J.F.Herring Sen. 1849' (on cupboard door, upper centre)
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.8 x 61 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 15 March 1967, lot 143 (sold £880). with Richard Green, from whom acquired by the present owners in 1995.

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Lot Essay

Jane, known as 'Jennie' was the youngest of John Frederick Herring's six children. As a young woman she featured as a model in numerous works by her father. The present work was painted in 1849 when Jennie would have been sixteen years old and the family were still based at 9 Cottage Green, Camberwell. It was not until 1854 that Herring moved to Meopham Park, Tunbridge, in Kent.

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