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JOHN FREDERICK HERRING JNR.

Circular format - two horses by a farm building with ducks and poultry watering and five cattle in the background with trees beyond etc.

Beautiful Frame.

Fully restored and ready for delivery or shipping to any part of the World so please enquire as we are always happy to help..

(Provenance: consigned by a member of the Vivian Family of Plas Gwyn, Pentraeth, Anglesey and in an inventory of the contents of Plas Gwyn prepared in 1914)

Measurements are 31.25 inches , 31.25 inches x 3 3/8 inches deep to include frame.

(b Doncaster, England, 1815 d Doncaster, England, 1907) English painter. John Frederick Herring, Jr. was the son of well-known 19th century artist, John F. Herring, Sr., who was patronized by the English aristocracy for his famous Sporting and Equestrian paintings. Due to Herring, Sr.’s popularity among the nobles, Herring, Jr. was exposed to fine painting and wealthy patrons early on in his career. Herring, Sr. felt threatened by his son’s ability and growing popularity, incorporated ‘SR’ at the end of his signature in order to differentiate their works after 1836. Although Herring, Jr. assisted his father, he was keen to make his own way as an artist. He continued to paint sporting animal pictures in his father’s tradition, but as his artistic prowess developed, he was able to distinguish himself with looser brushwork and wider composition view. Herring married Kate Rolf, an artist herself and the daughter of Alexander Rolfe, who was also a famous English angling and sporting artist. The father and son in-law often collaborated in each other’s works. Herring exhibited at many of the major exhibition halls, including the Royal Academy.

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