Hermit, Winner of the 1867 Derby, in a Stable
Benjamin Herring (1830 – 1871)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1868 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
711 x 902 mm (28 x 35 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1221373
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Hermit, Winner of the 1867 Derby, in a Stable, by Benjamin Herring (1830 – 1871), signed lower left: B. Herring / 1868 and inscribed. A portrait of a horse standing in a stable, in profile to the left, with a feeding trough.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013
Credit line
Mount Stewart (accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013)
Marks and inscriptions
On the jacket to the left, as if embroidered on it: C Bottom middle: Hermit, Derby winner 1867. Lower right: B. Herring / 1868 Middle left, near the trough: Hermit
Makers and roles
Benjamin Herring (1830 – 1871), artist