Live Auction 2511Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors Part II
John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1781-1860 Melton)
Lot 237 Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Fisher

John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1781-1860 Melton)

Colonel Standen on his chestnut hunter with the Quorn huntsmen and hounds at a covert

Closed26 January 2011

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John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1781-1860 Melton)
Colonel Standen on his chestnut hunter with the Quorn huntsmen and hounds at a covert
signed and inscribed 'J. Ferneley/Melton Mowbray' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 42 in. (86.4 x 106.7 cm.)
Painted in 1824.

By descent from the sitter until 1964.
Eric Towler.
with Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London, from whom purchased 4 October 1977.

Specialist note

Colonel Standen was an Ensign in the Grenadier Guards at Waterloo, later transferring to the Scots Guards. He is portrayed in Ferneley's large painting of 1823 entitled The Quorn at Quenby.