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Lot 31

John Frederick Herring, Snr.
(British, 1795-1865)
An Arab stallion in a loose box, said to be 'Tajar'

2 March 2016, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £40,000 inc. premium

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John Frederick Herring, Snr. (British, 1795-1865)

An Arab stallion in a loose box, said to be 'Tajar'
bears signature and dated 'J.F.Herring/1854.' (centre left)
oil on canvas
57 x 68.5cm (22 7/16 x 26 15/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
with Richard Green Fine Paintings, London, 1967
Private collection, UK

Literature
Oliver Beckett, J.F.Herring & Sons, Bury St. Edmunds, 1981, p.124, cat. no.263

'Tajar' bred by Count Hahn at Twenark, Mecklenburg by a pure Arab sire. Bought by M Meyer, the Queen's riding master, from Count Hatzfeld in 1844.

'Tajar' is recorded as being still ridden by Queen Victoria when taking exercise in the riding school in 1856, the year in which he died at the age of twenty three.

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