Lot Essay
Colonel Standen was an Ensign in the Grenadier Guards at Waterloo, later transferring to the Scots Guards. He is portrayed in Ferneley's large painting of 1823 entitled The Quorn at Quenby.
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Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Fisher
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1781-1860 Melton)
Colonel Standen on his chestnut hunter with the Quorn huntsmen and hounds at a covert
Details
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1781-1860 Melton)
Colonel Standen on his chestnut hunter with the Quorn huntsmen and hounds at a covert
signed and inscribed 'J. Ferneley/Melton Mowbray' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 42 in. (86.4 x 106.7 cm.)
Painted in 1824.
Colonel Standen on his chestnut hunter with the Quorn huntsmen and hounds at a covert
signed and inscribed 'J. Ferneley/Melton Mowbray' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 42 in. (86.4 x 106.7 cm.)
Painted in 1824.
Provenance
By descent from the sitter until 1964.
Eric Towler.
with Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London, from whom purchased 4 October 1977.
Eric Towler.
with Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London, from whom purchased 4 October 1977.
Literature
G. Paget, The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, Leicester, 1931, p. 108.
Exhibited
London, Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., An Exhibition of Fine English Sporting Paintings and Engravings, 6-29 October 1976, no. 29.
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