A fine  19th century oil painting of a chestnut hunter "Light heart" in a stable by Claude Lorraine Ferneley

Oil on canvas size of painting is 63.5 x 48.5cm  whilst size overall being  73 x 58 cm .

housed in a gilt frame

Signed Claude L Ferneley/1877 (lower right)

In overall very good restored condition, Relined canvas. Light craquelure throughout the work.Painting has been cleaned

ready to hang

                             Claude Lorraine Ferneley (1822-1891)

A member of the renowned family of painters which included his father, the significant sporting artist John E Ferneley.

 Born in Melton Mowbray, Claude remained there for his entire life and he was given his name in recognition of his godfather

 Claude Loro who 

was a patraine Smith  to sporting artists and squire of Enderby.

Claude's father gave him instruction in painting and his influence is clearly discernible in his son’s work. Claude assisted his father

 on some paintings occasionally, perhaps more than did his siblings, but this was mainly restricted to working up the backgrounds

 and John Ferneley issued invoices commensurate with this practice, charging less for the work that his son had undertaken.

 Because he was so adept at painting in his father’s style, at times he was commissioned to do copies of John’s works,

 particularly following the latter’s death.

Claude was a most accomplished artist in his own right however and at his best was close to achieving the heights attained by his e

He only exhibited one painting, of horses, which was at the Royal Academy in 1868 but other examples of paintings by him can be seen at the

 Leicester Museum and Art Gallery.The British Museum also various stately hoomes and museums

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