By James Herring (1794-1867)
This work features deep, rich, warm colors…
The sitter, pictured with a prized member of his herd of cattle is Daniel Yanior, one of five members of the “Butcher’s Guild of Philadelphia”. The Guild hired Herring in 1824 to paint portraits of each of its members. Confident attribution to James Herring (1794-1867) based on a very similar example, nearly identical pose and background, signed by Herring and selling at Sotheby’s, October 1991, lot 93. Herring is perhaps best known for creating the periodical “The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans” and “The Apollo Art Gallery”. His painting style favored crisp lines and a bold color palette. Paintings by Herring are displayed in several museums, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, NY State Historical Society, National Portrait Gallery, etc. Research on Herring was published in the Magazine Antiques, January 1978. Portrait painter, James Herring was born in London on January 12, 1794. In 1805, he emigrated with his family to the United States and spent his youth in New Jersey and New York City. He began work as a schoolteacher and then a distiller and later became a successful portrait and profile painter in New Jersey. In 1822, he opened a studio in New York City. In 1830 he established a circulating library in New York City.
Herring is primarily known as the publisher of The National Portrait Gallery (1834-39) and as the founder in 1839 of the Apollo Association, later known as the American Art-Union.
Item Date: Circa 1824
Measurement: Frame: 27" x 32 3/4"; Sight: 20 3/8" x 26 1/8"
Material: Oil on wooden panel. The frame is contemporary.
Item Condition: A thin vertical crack was professionally restored; barely discernible.
Price: $4,950
SKU 249-46
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