Johan Frederick Herring Junior (1815-1907)

Refreshing the horses

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Johan Frederick Herring Junior (1815-1907)
Refreshing the horses
signed lower left J F Herring and authenticated on a label on the reverse
oil on canvas
circular 56cm. diam.

Sale Room Notice

Please note that the correct description should read:

Refreshing the horses - in a painted circle
oil on canvas
57.5 x 57.5 cm.

There is the following provenance to the lot:

Acquired directly from the artist by Henry Mutton Esq., London, before July 1852 (according to an inscription by Henry Mutton on a label on the reverse)

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.

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