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Foig a Ballagh

Creator: John Frederick Herring
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SR. (1795-1865)
Lived/active: England.
Foig a Ballagh.
Inscribed on stretcher, Foig a Ballagh JF Herring Sr., 1845.
Oil on canvas.
21 x 25 ½” with frame.
Great condition, minor in-painting from frame abrasions.
Provenance: Purchased at Brimfield, 1990; Private Collection, CT.
John Frederick Herring Sr. is best known for his coach and race-horse genre paintings. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1826, at the British Institution and the Society of British Artists from 1841-1852. The portrait of Foig a Ballag, foaled 1841 in Ireland was a thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the Grear St. Leger at Doncaster, 1844.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Inscribed on verso "Foig a Ballagh JF Herring Sr., 1845
Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1845
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-CE-OC 378
Incollect Reference #:	562047

Dimensions

W.	25 in;	H.	21 in;
W.	63.5 cm;	H.	53.34 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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