John Frederick Herring, Sr (1795 - 1865) England
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 8"in H x 11 1/2"in W and 14 1/2"in H x 18"in W with frame

Known for: Painting-coaches and racing genre
Biography: John F. Herring was born in Surrey, England in 1795. For four years he drove the coach, "York and London Highflyer", and painting in his leisure, gained a reputation as the "coachman-painter". He eventually devoted himself entirely to painting, receiving the only art instruction of his career from Abraham Cooper. For thirty-three successive years he painted the winners of the races at St. Leger. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1826; at the British Institution and the Society of British Artists from 1841-1852. He died in 1865 at Tunbridge Wells, England.

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