The Farmyard
John Herring, Artist
This is one of the
paintings
in our collection.
It was made in England, Great Britain.
The date it was made is unknown.
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Object Detail
About the Work
“My
heart
skipped
a
beat
when
I
saw
a
JF
Herring
Snr
painting
in
the
collection!
(JF
Herring
Jnr
painted
in
a
similar
style
but
was
less
talented
than
his
father).
It’s
such
a
wonderfully
familiar
scene
of
a
farmyard
idyll;
beautifully
painted
horses
picking
at
hay,
a
litter
of
curious
pigs
and
an
assortment
of
scratching
fowl,
drawing
the
eye
to
a
distant
village.
A
family
friend,
who
was
the
grandson
of
one
of
the
pre-Raphaelite
founders,
had
a
Herring
painting
over
the
fireplace
in
his
study
and
this
painting
immediately
evokes
memories
of
tired
gundogs
sprawled
in
front
of
an
open
fire.
Looking
at
this
painting,
I
can
still
smell
wet
dogs
and
wood
smoke!”
Tracy
Byatt
'My
Choice'
March
2021
Herring was an incredibly popular and well respected animal painter who specialised in horses. His patrons included Queen Victoria.
Herring was an incredibly popular and well respected animal painter who specialised in horses. His patrons included Queen Victoria.
Measurements
Image 632 x 760mm
Frame 850 x 975 x 95mm
Frame 850 x 975 x 95mm
Media
oil on canvas
Description
Painting of a farm yard with 3 horses (1 white, 1 brown, 1 black) with their heads under a little shelter, standing next to a wheelbarrow loaded with green cuttings. Around the feet of the horses are chickens, a row of pigs to the left, some birds are resting on top of the small shelter. The the right is a farm building behind which is a row of trees. At the far left is a view across fields possibly showing some buildings in the distance.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of Mrs Studholme, 1938.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
29 Aug 1938
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Accession Number:
1938/1/1