Live Auction 6277Sporting and Wildlife Art
John Frederick Herring, Snr. (1795-1865)
Lot 112

John Frederick Herring, Snr. (1795-1865)

Touchstone, in a loose box

Closed27 June 2012

Price Realised

GBP 9,375

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John Frederick Herring, Snr. (1795-1865)
Touchstone, in a loose box
signed 'J. F. Herring/senr.' (on the trough) and inscribed and dated 'Touchstone St. Leger 1834' (upper right)
oil on canvas
18½ x 23¾ in. (49.5 x 62 cm.)

Specialist note

Trained by John Scott, Touchstone won the St. Leger Stakes in 1834. He went on to win two Doncaster Cups and two Ascot Gold Cups, retiring having won fifteen of his twenty starts, including six walk-overs.