JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SR RABBITS OIL PAINTING, ENGLISH

John Frederick Herring Sr
English, 1795-1865

A Doe Rabbit and her kits in an interior
Signed: J.F. Herring. Sen’ 1852. (lr)
Oil on Panel
14.02 x 18.03 inches
Condition report: Very good to excellent; 97% original surface paint. Repair to fissure in panel, corresponding in-paint. Otherwise blacklights near perfectly.

PROVENANCE: This identical work was offered by Christies London, King Street: 12/13/17 Lot: 95 with a presale estimate of 9,190-13,130 – Un-sold.

Lot Note(s): Christies auction labels affixed to verso, Original Charles Roberson & Co – Artist supply label affixed dead center to panel (Charles Roberson) a known supplier of artist panel: for John Frederick Herring Sr
English, 1795-1865.

The panel is brownish-blackish in color, and very faintly hot-iron branded: Roberson & Co 51 Long Acre, London.

ARTIST BIO:
John F. Herring was born in Surrey, England in 1795. For four years he drove the coach, 'York and London Highflyer', and painting in his leisure, gained a reputation as the 'coachman-painter'.

He eventually devoted himself entirely to painting, receiving the only art instruction of his career from Abraham Cooper. For thirty-three successive years he painted the winners of the races at St. Leger.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1826; at the British Institution and the Society of British Artists from 1841-1852.

He died in 1865 at Tunbridge Wells, England

Very good to excellent; 97% original surface paint. Repair to fissure in panel, corresponding in-paint. Otherwise blacklights near perfectly.