The Sheriff and Bensh
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1835 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil paint, canvas, gilt frame
Measurements
1118 x 1626 mm (44 x 64 in)
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Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1441522
Summary
[Saved] Oil painting on canvas, Two Hunters called 'The Sheriff' and 'Bensh' by John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), signed and dated: J. Ferneley, Melton Mowbray 1835.
Provenance
Owned by 3rd Lord Gardner, father of Florence, wife of 4th Earl of Onslow. Marked in Lady Iveagh’s 1966 Inventory, p47. 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