John Frederick Herring, Sr.

1795–1865 (age 70)

Biography

John Frederick Herring, Sr. captured the spirit of animals and rural life with a painter’s affection, his canvases bringing spirited scenes of horses, hunts, and countryside vigor to admirers near and far.

The quiet churchyard of St John the Evangelist now shelters him, the same grace and vigor of his brushwork mirrored in the peacefulness of his rest.