A Dappled Grey Hunter called 'Spangle' and a Terrier called 'Reveller'
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1843 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
685 x 880 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290273
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Dappled Grey Hunter called 'Spangle' and a Terrier called 'Reveller' by John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), signed and inscribed 'Melton Mowbray 1843. The dappled grey horse is trotting through a landscape to the right with a terrier called Reveller running alongside and slightly in front. Large tree in the centre with distant horizon on the left with cloudy blue sky and pink and blue sky on the right.
Provenance
Bought by Sir George Crewe for 10 guineas'; acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
Melton Mowbray 1843. Bought by Sir George Crewe for 10 guineas
Makers and roles
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860), publisher