Lot 27 , John Ferneley Snr. (British, 1781-1860), Portrait of a bay mare and foal in a landscape, oil on canvas, 70 x 89cm

John Ferneley Snr. (British, 1781-1860)
Portrait of a bay mare and foal in a landscape
oil on canvas
signed and dated Melton Mowbray 1840
70 x 89cm
£2,000-3,000

Condition:
Oil on canvas relined within the past 20 years or so, canvas remains tight, paint a little rubbed and dirty with some fine but stable craquelure running throughout, housed in a later gilt frame with artist attribution plaque, what looks to be auctioneers chalk marks from 1968 on the stretcher.

Sold for £4,000