John Frederick Herring, Sr. (British, 1795-1865) Oil on Board "Mare and Foal." In the original 19th century frame labelled by Casson Galleries, 575 Boylston St., Boston en verso. From the original Family Home, Flying Horse Farm (now the Pingree School) near Boston. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Sumner Pingree Jr, Brays Island Plantation, SC. In frame measures 15.50"x13.50"x1.75" Sight 11.50"x9.50". Weight is 3 pds 4 oz. ARTIST: John Frederick Herring Sr. ((British, 1795-1865) also known as John Frederick Herring I, was a painter, sign maker and coachman in Victorian England. He painted the well known 1848 "Pharoah's Chariot Horses". He amended his signature "SR" (senior) in 1836, with the growing fame of his teenage son (1 of 4) John Frederick Herring Jr. A highly successful and prolific artist, Herring ranks along with Sir Edwin Landseer as one of the more eminent animal painters of mid-nineteenth (19th) century Europe. The paintings of Herring were very popular, and many were engraved, including his 33 winners of the St. Leger and his 21 winners of the Derby. Herring exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1818–1865, at the British Institution from 1830–1865, and at the Society of British Artists in 1836-1852, where Herring became Vice-President in 1842.

fine craquelure throughout, dry