Cadland, Winner of Derby 1828

Location

Country: Portugal
City: Lisbon
Place: British Embassy

Born in Surrey, John Frederick Herring senior was the son of an upholsterer and fringe-maker for coaches. He was initially employed as a coach painter, which led him to become a coach driver, but he also had a successful career painting St Leger and Derby horserace winners. In about 1830 he moved to London and, aged 38, received his first formal art training under Abraham Cooper. He later received several royal commissions, becoming Animal Painter to HRH the Duchess of Kent in 1846. Despite this, his move to London was not financially successful until he gained the patronage of William Taylor Copeland, head of the Spode Porcelain factory in Stoke-on-Trent. Herring produced several paintings for him, including designs for Spode china.
London-born Richard Gilson Reeve was the son, and most likely pupil, of Richard Reeve (born 1780). Both father and son were aquatint engravers, mainly of sporting and marine subjects.

Places

England, Epsom, Surrey

Subjects

horseback, horse-racing, jockey, topography, horse

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, colour aquatint

Artist

John Frederick, Snr Herring (1795 - 1865)
Richard Gilson Reeve (1803 - 1889)

Title

Cadland, Winner of Derby 1828

Date

1828

Medium

Colour aquatint

Acquisition

Purchased from Fores Ltd, September 1965

GAC number

7234