John Ferneley
Lord Henry Bentinck's chestnut hunter Firebird and Policy, a foxhound, in a loose box
1845114 x 156 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed, inscribed and dated, lower left: J. Ferneley / Melton Mowbray / 1845.
Sale Christie's, London, 6 July 2018
Provenance
Commissioned by Lord Henry Bentinck (1804-1870), and by inheritance to
William Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879), Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire
anonymous sale Sotheby's, London, 23, November 2006, nr. 77
private collection, Europe
sale Christie's, London, 6 July 2018, nr. 202