Lot Essay
John F. Herring junior was the son of the renowned Victorian horse painter John F. Herring senior (1795-1865) and was gifted with the same talent to portray animals. His work, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and Suffolk Street, depicted a rural England that was quickly disappearing at the time. Both the industrialization and emergence of suburbs imposed a great threat on the country life, leaving people longing for an eternal reminder of their once idyllic surroundings.
cf. O. Beckett,J.F. Herring and Sons, London 1981.
cf. O. Beckett,J.F. Herring and Sons, London 1981.