A Corner of the Farm
by HERRING, John Frederick the Elder, Oil on canvas, 36 x 51 cm
Like his father, John Frederick Herring the Elder, sporting and animal pictures define John Frederick the Younger’s work. Characteristically, he portrayed farm animals along the banks of a stream or in a farmyard, depicting them in a faithful, if not idealised, manner.
This painting is signed lower centre: ‘J. F. Herring’. With the painter’s increasing popularity, his father began to sign his own works with the tag ‘SR’ included on the end of his signature, perhaps feeling somewhat threatened by the progress of his son.