HERRING, John Frederick the Elder
(b. 1795, London, d. 1863, Meopham, Kent)

'Mameluke', the Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom, 1827

1827
Oil on canvas
Private collection

The year 1825 saw the start of the scheme that made the name Herring a household word. The Doncaster Gazette arranged for him to paint the winners of the St Leger from 1815 onwards. The pictures were then engraved and published. In all, Herring painted thirty-four winners, thirty-one of which were made into prints. A series of twenty Derby winners followed two years later in 1827.