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Lot 71

John Ferneley Junior
(Melton Mowbray 1815-1862 Manchester)
The hunter Merry Lad with hounds in a landscape

5 December 2018, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£20,000 - £30,000

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John Ferneley Junior (Melton Mowbray 1815-1862 Manchester)

The hunter Merry Lad with hounds in a landscape
signed and dated 'John Ferneley/ 1849' (lower left)
oil on canvas
71 x 94.6cm (27 15/16 x 37 1/4in).

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Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's family over 60 years ago

Merry Lad was owned by accomplished horseman, Captain John White (1790-1866), Master of the Cheshire hunt from 1842. A work by Ferneley Junior depicting Captain White hunting with the Quorn in 1850 was offered for sale at Christie's, New York on 30 May 2002.


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