JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SENIOR. (LONDON 1795-1865 TONBRIDGE)
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JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SENIOR. (LONDON 1795-1865 TONBRIDGE)

Earl of Zetland's 'Voltigeur', winner of the Derby and the St. Leger 1850, with J. Marson up

Closed30 July 2020

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GBP 11,250

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JOHN FREDERICK HERRING SENIOR. (LONDON 1795-1865 TONBRIDGE)
Earl of Zetland's 'Voltigeur', winner of the Derby and the St. Leger 1850, with J. Marson up
signed and dated 'J. F. Herring Senr / 1850' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 ¾ x 29 7/8 in. (62.9 x 75.8 cm.)

with Fores Ltd., London.
Alexander Clavel-Respinger (1881-1973), Wenkenhof, Basle.

Specialist note

Voltigeur, by Voltaire, dam Martha Lynn, was foaled in 1847, and bred by Robert Stephenson, who had also bred his sire. It was not until he was a two-year-old that Voltigeur found a new home; Robert Hill, the trainer for the second Earl of Zetland, persuaded his employer to bring the colt to Aske Hall. The following year he won the Derby and St Leger Stakes, as commemorated by the present portrait.