A Hound and a Bearded Collie seated on a Hunting Coat

“A Hound and a Bearded Collie Seated on a Hunting Coat” is a painting created by John Frederick Herring Sr. in 1855. The painting depicts a hound and a bearded collie seated on a hunting coat. The painting is part of the Yale Center for British Art collection in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. This painting by John Frederick Herring Sr. in 1855 is a timeless piece of art and a valuable addition to any collection.

John Frederick Herring Sr. (1795-1865) was a painter, sign maker, and coachman in Victorian England. He is known for his paintings of horses and fox hunting scenes, including the 1839 painting “Foxhunting: Clearing a Ditch”. Herring Sr. amended his signature to “SR” in 1836, with the growing fame of his teenage son John Frederick Herring Jr., who also became a painter. Herring Sr. painted the 1848 “Pharoah’s Chariot Horses”. He spent the last 12 years of his life at Meopham Park near Tonbridge, where he lived as a country squire.