JOHN E. FERNELEY, SEN. (BRITISH, 1782-1860) Mr. R. Shafto's favorite bay hunter in a landscape signed 'J. Ferneley' (lower right) oil on canvas 28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
JOHN E. FERNELEY, SEN. (BRITISH, 1782-1860) Mr. R. Shafto's favorite bay hunter in a landscape signed 'J. Ferneley' (lower right) oil on canvas 28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Robert Shafto, Esq. (1776-1803), Whitworth Park, Durham, commissioned in April 1834. A.M. Cox. The Hon. Brian Rootes (1919-1971), Dallick House, Scotland. with Arthur Ackermann & Sons Ltd, London. Private collection, West Coast, and by whom sold, [Property of a West Coast Private Collector]; Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1987, lot 137, where acquired by the present owner
Major G. Paget, The Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, Leicester, 1931, p. 142, no. 383. R. Fountain, John Ferneley (1782-1860): Catalogue of Paintings, online, 2014, p. 40, no. E34.383.004.