Artist: John Frederick Herring (1795 - 1865)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
John Frederick Herring was a member of an artistic family who specialized in sporting and animal subject matter. He preferred to paint racehorses and typically painted the likeness of the Derby and St. Leger winners. His worked was highly reproduced in engravings. Herring had three artist sons and a brother and it can be difficult to distinguish between the works of the various family members.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Winslow Homer - The Herring Net 1885 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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John Frederick Herring, Sr., British, 1795-1865 Ducks and Ducklings 1850 Oil on panel 27.3 x
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J. Wolf, Larus Argentatus - Herring Gull, 19th century
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Edward Wilbur Dean Hamilton, American, 1864-1943 Barbara Channing 1909 Oil on canvas 134.62 x 94.61
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W. Biscombe Gardner, Unloading a French Herring Boat at Boulogne - Pages 862 & 863, from Harper"s Weekly, 21 Oct. 1876., 19th - 20th century
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John Frederick Peto, The Cup We All Race 4, circa 1900
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John Frederick Peto, Job Lot Cheap, 1892
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John Frederick Lewis, Head of lion, 1824
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John Frederick Lewis, Port of Constantinople, 1837
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John Frederick Lewis, Cafe on the Bosphorus, 1837
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John Frederick Lewis, Heads of Two Fawns, 19th century
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John Frederick Kensett, Sunrise among the Rocks of Paradise, Newport, 1859
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John Frederick Lewis, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]), 1836
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John Frederick Lewis, Tophana, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Tower of Comares, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Fountain from the Gate of the Leraglio, 1837
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John Frederick Lewis, Portugese Landscape, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Torres de las Infantas, 19th century
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John Carter, The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868), 1868
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John Frederick Lewis, Chapel in The Great Mosque - Cordova, 1885
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John Frederick Lewis, Court of the Mosque, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Court of the Myrtles, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Court of the Lions, 19th century
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Frederick W. Halpin, Portrait of John Ross Browne, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Court of the Lions, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Entance to the Mosque, 19th century
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John Frederick Peto, Still Life with Pitcher, Candle, and Books, circa 1900
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John Carter, Portrait of John Carter at Work, frontispiece in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868), 1868
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John Frederick Lewis, The Bosphorus from the great burial ground, 19th century
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John Smith, Portrait of Frederick, Duke of Schonberg, 17th - 18th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Reception Room of the Turkish Pacha, New Orsova, 1837
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John Frederick Lewis, Court of the Lion from the Hall of Abencerrage, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Cannon Foundry - Tophana, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, The Alhambra from the Alameda del Darra, 19th century
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Frederick the Wise and John the Constant of Saxony, 1509
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John Frederick Lewis, Interior of the general life, from the casa di chapi, 19th century
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John Frederick Lewis, Cover for Lewis" Lions - Six Studies of Wild Animals, 1824
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John Carter, Letter, opposite page 43 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868), 1868
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John Carter, "The Head of a Fox," opposite page 39 in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868), 1868
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John Frederick Lewis, Puerta del Sol, Madrid, sixth plate in the book, Sketches of Spain and Spanish Character (London: F. G. Moon ä John F. Lewis, [1836]), 1836

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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DeBary Hall: Cecil Herring: Rediscovering Florida
From Herring's Artist statement- " 'Find your bliss,' the great Philosopher- Anthropologist Joseph Campbell advised. Campbell was right. I found my 'bliss' in 1956, 49 years ago. I have loved every minute I have spent creating art works and to t...
DIGITALARTMUSEUM.COM: April Exhibition: Digital Dreams
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Gow Langsford Gallery: Dick Frizzell: The Pumpkin is a Red Herring
I call the new sign (Gate Series) paintings close-up landscapes...so close in fact that all you can see is the sign at the gate...and consequently they are paintings of flat things...like Jasper’s Flags...so-quite apart from being signs of life in...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Human Nature
Human Nature features three main architectural components—Fishhouse, Bathhouse and Beaverhouse—each a distinct, symbolic, sensory experience that reflects the artist’s belief ...
New Museum od Contemporary Art: Picturing the Modern Amazon
The exhibition consists of three sections: historical images, contemporary works, and comics. The historical images date from 1783 to the present. The contemporary section ...
National Portrait Gallery: The Beautiful and the Damned: The Creation of Identity in 19th Century Photography
Highlights of the exhibition include rarely seen surveillance images of suffragettes issued to art galleries to help them identify possible vandals, an intriguing series of portraits of murderers and their victims, fascinating...

Further Artwork and Information:

John Frederick Herring Online
John Herring - Artist Painting Prices, Art Appraisal, Artist Paintings [AskART.com]
JOHN FREDERICK HERRING, JR. c.1820-1907 - Rehs Galleries, Inc.
John Frederick Herring Jr. Online
John Frederick Herring
Artwork from John Frederick Herring
John Frederick Herring Senior Poster
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