'Lofty' a Skewbald Carriage Horse with a Greyhound
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1837 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
700 x 900 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 290355
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Lofty' a Skewbald Carriage Horse with a Greyhound by John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), inscribed lower right: J. Ferneley/Melton Mowbray/1837. A skewbald carriage horse is shown facing left with full harness, a brown greyhound at its head. The horse has a white tail and black mane, the dog is flecked with white. In the background is a landscape with a reddish sky and to the right is a shed. (Inventory card). Lofty was the last of the race of skewbalds at Calke according to Isabel Harpur Crewe (House Guide, last revised 1996).
Provenance
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
J. Ferneley/Melton Mowbray/1837 (inscribed lower right)
Makers and roles
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), artist