John Frederick Herring

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Signed and dated lower right: G. Jackson - / 1822. - .

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Half-length in black coat and waistcoat, white neckcloth and cravat; black hair and whiskers, grey eyes, pale complexion.

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Family possession and bequeathed by his great-granddaughter Miss Mabel Herring 1972, together with a watercolour drawing of his first wife, Ann Harris, by Edward Heaton, signed and dated Doncaster May 1825. Vignette versions of both were photographed by H. G. Cocking of Queen's Road Peckham for cartes-de-visite.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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