Eight Circular Farmyard Scenes (1. Pigs; 2. Mare and Foal; 3. Cows; 4. Sheep; 5. Chickens; 6. Ducks; 7. Rabbits; 8. Donkey)
John Frederick Herring the elder (Surrey 1795 – Meopham, Kent 1865)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1815 - 1865
Materials
Oil on canvas laid down on board
Measurements
Nos.1-4: 127 mm (5 in); nos. 5-8 66.2 mm (3 in) diameter
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446677
Summary
Oil painting on canvas laid on board, Eight Circular Farmyard Scenes (1.Pigs; 2.Mare and Foal; 3.Cows; 4.Sheep; 5.Chickens; 6.Ducks; 7.Rabbits; 8.Donkey) by John Frederick Herring the elder (Surrey 1795 - Meopham 1865). A set of eight circular paintings framed together.
Provenance
Anonymous [Mrs. Carr] sale, Christie's, 26 May 1930, lot 75: bought by Martin for Lord Bearsted for 140 gns. [lot 74, four more hunting scenes and kennels - but not round - in one frame, was from the same vendor, but Lord Bearsted was the underbidder: it went to Parsons for 78 gns.]
Credit line
Upton House, The Bearsted Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Frederick Herring the elder (Surrey 1795 – Meopham, Kent 1865), artist