Two Hunters called 'Rufus' and 'Leporello'
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1830 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil paint, canvas, gilt frame
Measurements
1118 x 1600 mm (44 x 63 in)
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Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1441521
Summary
[Saved] Oil painting on canvas, Two Hunters called 'Rufus' and 'Leporello' by John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), signed and dated: J. Ferneley, Melton Mowbray 1830. Two horses in a landscape, beneath a large tree, standing on the left and right and facing centre. Distant horizon with cloudy sky.
Provenance
Owned by 3rd Lord Gardner, father of Florence, wife of 4th Earl of Onslow. Accepted by the Treasury in lieu of Estate Duty on the death of the 6th Earl, presumably in 1977.
Makers and roles
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860), artist