A Bay Hunter called 'Queen Mab' outside Calke Abbey
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1842 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
670 x 880 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290272
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Bay Hunter called 'Queen Mab' outside Calke Abbey by John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), signed and dated in right-hand corner, inscribed Queen Mab across the bottom 1842. The saddled bay hunter stands, turned to the left, with the entrance hall door to Calke Abbey on the left and a landscape behind.
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 with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1985)
Marks and inscriptions
Queen Mab (centre)
Makers and roles
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860), artist