Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Ferneley, 1782–1860, British
Title:
Miss Catherine Herrick with her Nieces and Nephews, the Five Elder Children of the Rev. and Mrs. Henry Palmer
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 1/4 x 45 1/4 inches (132.7 x 114.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
signed and dated 1827
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.287
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
portrait | family | woods | donkey | conversation piece | girls | woman | boys | horse (animal) | children
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Christie's sale catalogue : Pictures by old masters : 11 December 1959, Christie's, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, December 11, 1959, p. 24, Lot 166, Fiche B51 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 92-93, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, pp. 240-241, no. 262, pl. 31, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Major Guy Paget, Melton Mowbray of John Ferneley, 1782-1860 , Edgar Backus, Leicester, 1931, p. 136, NJ18 F3845 P25 1931 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 153 (v.1), no. 292, pl. 80, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 66 (v.1), no. 239, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)

Mario Praz, Conversation Pieces : A Survey of the Informal Group Portrait in Europe and America, , Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, University Park, 1971, p. 156, pl. 22, ND1304 +P713 Oversize (YCBA)

Stella A. Walker, Sporting art : England 1700-1900, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, 1972, no. 107, N8250 W35 (YCBA) +

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 22 (v.1), no. 78, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:782