Lot 93
  • 93

John Frederick Herring Sr.

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • John Frederick Herring Sr.
  • Mr. Francis Lovell's Bluebeard
  • signed J.F. Herring Sen. and dated 1843 (center right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 28 by 36 in.
  • 71.1 by 91.4 cm

Provenance

Richard Green, London
Acquired from the above

Condition

Lined. Minor scuffs at lower edge and speck of loss a lower left. Under UV: Old varnish flouresces green, three dime spot of inpainting at upper left and another at right as well as some small vertical spots of inpainting in background, fine specks of inpainting throughout the horse's body.
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