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John Ferneley - Beeswing & Foal with Old Fort Beyond 

Beeswing & Foal with Old Fort Beyond 

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
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John Ferneley

John E. Ferneley, was an English painter who specialised in portraying sporting horses and hunting scenes. Although his rendition of horses was stylised, he is regarded as one of the great British equine artists, second perhaps only to George Stubbs.

At first apprenticed until 1801 to his father, who was a master wheelwright, he was encouraged to take up painting by John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland. Accordingly, he moved to London and studied under the sporting artist Benjamin Marshall. While training with Marshall he joined the Royal Academy School.

His work was exhibited between 1806 and 1853 at the Royal Academy. He traveled extensively in Ireland from 1806 to 1809, but returned to England to marry, and started working from Melton Mowbray. Here he built his studio and later a house, Elgin Lodge, on the Scalford Rd. Melton Mowbray was fast becoming a watering hole for the sporting fraternity and the place where modern fox-hunting developed in the late eighteenth century. Hugo Meynell, a wealthy local bred his hounds to keep up with the horses and riders in their pursuit over hedges and ditches. At this time riders began wearing the scarlet jackets which were to become traditional.

Ferneley's paintings depicted hunting when it was extremely fashionable. Good horses sold quite readily for 200 guineas and most riders had at least ten in their stables. His work became much sought after, his patrons including many Royals and personalities such as Beau Brummel and the Count d'Orsay. Ferneley routinely was commissioned to paint the famous Quorn, Belvoir, and Cottesmore hunts. The members all contributed to the painter's fee and then drew lots to determine the winner. Ferneley specialised in painting "scurries", panoramic paintings showing a sequence of events. He befriended Sir Francis Grant and helped him with the painting of horses while Grant in return helped with figure painting. In this way they collaborated on a number of paintings. Ferneley's signature was done very delicately with a pin head in the wet paint and often hidden on a fence, stable door or in an unexpected corner of the painting. His signature is easily differentiated from that of his son, John Jr, who normally signed heavily in black.

Between 1810 and 1812 he visited Ireland twice more, carrying out a great number of commissioned paintings for wealthy Irish patrons. He fathered six children with his first wife (who died in 1836) - three of whom also became painters.

Ferneley kept a set of account books dating between 1807 and 1860; the detailed notes providing useful material for later historians.

John Ferneley College in Melton Mowbray, is named after him.

Ferneley died in 1860 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

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Portrait of Samuel Dumbleton (c. 1750-1834), Whipper-in to the Earl of Spencer’s hounds

Portrait of Samuel Dumbleton (c. 1750-1834), Whipper-in to the Earl of Spencer’s hounds (1834)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
The Rev. and Mrs. Henry Palmer with their six younger children at Withcote Hall, Near Oakham, Leicestershire

The Rev. and Mrs. Henry Palmer with their six younger children at Withcote Hall, Near Oakham, Leicestershire (1838)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
The Marquis Of Cleveland’s Chorister, Winner Of The 1831 St. Leger, Held By His Trainer John Smith, With Jockey John Bartham Day, At Doncaster

The Marquis Of Cleveland’s Chorister, Winner Of The 1831 St. Leger, Held By His Trainer John Smith, With Jockey John Bartham Day, At Doncaster (1831)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
Anthony Adrian, 7th Earl of Kintore on Tom of Lincoln, hunting in an extensive landscape

Anthony Adrian, 7th Earl of Kintore on Tom of Lincoln, hunting in an extensive landscape (1824)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
Anthony Adrian, 7th Earl of Kintore on Tom of Lincoln, hunting in an extensive landscape

Anthony Adrian, 7th Earl of Kintore on Tom of Lincoln, hunting in an extensive landscape (1824)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
The Quorn Hunt; a Sketch of the Artist and his Friends Moving Off

The Quorn Hunt; a Sketch of the Artist and his Friends Moving Off (ca. 1825)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
‘Rodolph’, a bay hunter, in an extensive landscape

‘Rodolph’, a bay hunter, in an extensive landscape (1842)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
A chestnut horse and a hound outside Humewood Manor, co. Wicklow

A chestnut horse and a hound outside Humewood Manor, co. Wicklow ( 1809)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
A Chestnut Hunter with Robert Day up

A Chestnut Hunter with Robert Day up (1807)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
Mr Sadler’s Dangerous, a chestnut racehorse with Chapple up

Mr Sadler’s Dangerous, a chestnut racehorse with Chapple up (1833)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
Euxton, with John White Up, at Heaton Park

Euxton, with John White Up, at Heaton Park (1829)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
Lord Howe’s Groom with Gray Hunter

Lord Howe’s Groom with Gray Hunter

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire (1850)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
Study of a Saddled Bay Hunter

Study of a Saddled Bay Hunter (1828)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
Thomas Wilkinson, M.F.H., with the Hurworth Foxhounds

Thomas Wilkinson, M.F.H., with the Hurworth Foxhounds (1846)

John Ferneley (English, 1782 - 1860)
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