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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-frederick-herring-252" aria-label="More by John Frederick Herring" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Frederick Herring</a>
Frugal Meal
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: actions
animals: birds
animals: mammals
feeding
hay
horse
objects
pigeon
<p>Herring was a self-taught artist who is perhaps best known as a painter of race-horses. Between 1815 and 1849 he portrayed many of the winners of the classic races of the time. However, in the latter part of his career, his subject-matter changed - perhaps under the influence of Sir Edwin Landseer (1803-1874) - from conventional equestrian portraits to sentimental depictions of domestic animals in farmyards or stables. These later works, such as 'The Frugal Meal', are amongst his most original and sensitive pictures. Herring adopted the format of closely grouped horses' heads for several compositions in the 1840s. The horses were often shown drinking or eating at a manger, accompanied by birds or other small creatures.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
6 January 2003
6 January 2003
2003-01-06
National Horseracing Museum (Newmarket, UK)
http://www.nhrm.co.uk/
2003-01-06
Long loan to National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art
Loan-out
The Frugal Meal
support: 546 × 749 mm
frame: 810 × 1150 × 130 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>Herring was a self-taught artist who is perhaps best known as a painter of race-horses. Between 1815 and 1849 he portrayed many of the winners of the classic races of the time. However, in the latter part of his career, his subject-matter changed - perhaps under the influence of Sir Edwin Landseer (1803-1874) - from conventional equestrian <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> to sentimental depictions of domestic animals in farmyards or stables. These later works, such as 'The Frugal Meal', are amongst his most original and sensitive pictures. Herring adopted the format of closely grouped horses' heads for several compositions in the 1840s. The horses were often shown drinking or eating at a manger, accompanied by birds or other small creatures.</p>
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agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: actions animals: birds animals: mammals feeding hay horse objects pigeon