Grooms and Horses at Calke Abbey
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1850 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1140 x 1800 mm
Place of origin
Melton Mowbray
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 290204
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Grooms and Horses at Calke Abbey by John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), signed and dated, 'John Ferneley, Melton Mowbray 1850'. The grooms in blue livery with black top hats stand with three horses and a white pony in a landscape with deer behind. The groom on the left-hand side faces the steps to the house. Three dogs also in the painting. Bought by Sir John Crewe for £47.5.0.
Provenance
Bought by Sir John Crewe for £47.5.0; and thence by descent until Calke Abbey was given to the National Trust by Henry Harpur Crewe (1921-1991) and the contents, including this painting, were acquired with the aid of a grant from the National Heritage Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government, in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1985)
Marks and inscriptions
John Ferneley, Melton Mowbray 1850 (inscribed on painting)
Makers and roles
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), artist