Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865, British
Title:
Exercising the Royal Horses
Date:
between 1847 and 1855
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
33 3/4 x 44 inches (85.7 x 111.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower right: "JF Herring [?Ser?] | 1847-55"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Reeve & Elizabeth Boies Schley
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1995.4
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
landscape | travel | dress | bridge (built work) | genre subject | exercise | baskets | women | jacket | river | hat | animals | costume | trees | flowers (plants) | village | road | rural | view | trousers | men | bonnet | food | bridle | water | saddle | walking | path | dog (animal) | cottages
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23)

The Noble Horse (II) (The Bunkamaura Museum of Art, 2000-09-02 - 2000-10-22)
Publications:
Kentucky Horse Park, All the queen's horses, the role of the horse in British history , Lexington, KY, 2003, p. 197, no. 48.8, SF284 G7A55 2003 + (YCBA)

The Noble Horse, From Pegasus to Thoroughbred , Television Tokyo Channel 12, Ltd., 2000, pp. 98, 134, English catalogue p.21, no. 86, pl. 86, N7668 H6 N6 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1428