A Saddled Grey Hunter in a Loose Box
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1854 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
650 x 810 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290356
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Saddled Grey Hunter in a Loose Box by John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 – Melton Mowbray 1860), signed and dated, lower right: J. Ferneley 1854. A dappled grey hunter is shown standing saddled, in a stable. The horse faces right, the wooden stalls behind it with a green rug edged with red over one of them, and a wooden pail beyond. Columns are shown at the stall ends.
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)
Makers and roles
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860), artist