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John E. Ferneley, Snr.(British, 1782-1860)A Red and White Setter with other dogs in a landscape, with a view of Staunton Harold in the distance
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indistinctly signed and dated 'J.Ferneley./Pinxt 1808' (lower left)
oil on canvas
63 x 73cm (24 13/16 x 28 3/4in).
Footnotes
The following information is taken from The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley by Major Guy Paget, (Leicester, 1931), which includes a transcript of Ferneley's surviving account books which commence in 1808:
Nos 1a and 3 are to the account of Lord Viscount Tamworth and No 2 to the account of Lady Tamworth, listing two items, the secord being a Picture of a Dog of Lady Catherine Collier £2.12.6. All these are included under the year 1808.
On page 16 Paget states: In July 1808 he (Ferneley) went to stay at Staunton Harold, the seat of Earl Ferrers, where he painted his first big picture, a shooting party and several hound pictures for Lord Tamworth. Earl Ferrers son, and, for Lady Tamworth her dog and a small portrait of Master Bruce Campbell with two Beagles or Harriers... Here (at Staunton Harold) he was taken very ill, and was advised to winter somewhere less bleak and cold than Leicestershire. He chose Ireland. Ferneley stayed there until November 1809 when he returned to his home at Thrushington.
N.B. Paget illustrates the portrait of Bruce Campbell with information below stating painted at Staunton Harold 1807 which would indicate that Ferneley was employed there a year earlier. This is further confirmed by the date of the present lot.
Ferneley completed his apprenticship with Ben Marshall in 1804. The present lot bears a similarity to the work of Marshall at this time.
The following information is taken from England's Thousand Best Hours by Simm Jenkin's (Allen Lane, 2003), which states glimsed amid thick woods from the Ashby to Melton Road is the epitome of old England...This was the seat of the Shirleys, later Earl Ferrers...by the 1950s the Ferrers could not manage the building and it fell into disrepair. It became a Cheshire Home and sadly institutionalised...At the time of writing the house has been sold to the Bouyt family as a residence with the intention of re-opening it to the public. The exterior of the Hall is severely Palladian, built piecemeal over the 18th century, with a north front of the 17th century and a formal east front looking north over the park. Its facade was designed by the 5th Earl in 1763. The three central bays are of stone, the rest of beautifully laid red brick.
The church, now owned by the National Trust, was built during the Commonwealth, and its defiant Shirley builder evenutally died in the Tower of London.
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The information in this extract is taken from 'England's Thousand Best Houses' by Simon Jenkin's.
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