Nutwith, Winner of St. Leger 1843
Nutwith, Winner of St. Leger 1843
JOHN FERNELEY JNR.
1815 – 1862
English School
Nutwith, Winner of St. Leger 1843
Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1847
44.5 x 57.2 cms
17 ½ x 22 ½ inches
Born in about 1815 at Melton Mowbray, he was the eldest son of the important sporting artist John E Ferneley. The latters other two children, Claude Lorraine and Sarah, were also artists.
He spent his early life at Elgin Lodge and his father was a major influence on his artistic development and was in all probability his sole teacher. His father took him on trips to London and in 1832 to Durham and York where he later settled in about 1839, probably because of the large number of patrons in the area. His first work, of a Whipping-in, was engraved and published in the New Sporting Magazine in May 1833 and was followed in the next year by an engraving of a Hunter.
John Ferneley Snr. had established a significant career as an equestrian artist in the old English tradition, largely due to being a pupil of Ben Marshall. His son imitated him at first very closely and at times almost is the equal of the master but the bulk of his oeuvre shows a more marked nineteenth century prettier style. Sally Mitchell says of him in The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists, "….Ferneley wasstill considerably better than many of his contemporaries." He produced equestrian hunting and military groups and single portraits, many on a large scale, (Christies sold a view of Hyde Park in 1989 for £49,500 which measured 30 x 60 inches) and his decision to live in Yorkshire would appear to be based on the number of commissions from the officers of the Cavalry stationed there. Some of his paintings have York added after his signature.
He died in Manchester without marrying and few records of his life have survived.
1815 - 1862
Oil on canvas
England
Signed and dated 1847
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