Lot 79: John Frederick Herring, Sen. (Surrey 1795-1865 Tunbridge Wells, Kent)

John Frederick Herring, Sen. (Surrey 1795-1865 Tunbridge Wells, Kent)
Negotiator, a bay racehorse in a landscape
signed and dated 'J.F. Herring . 1826' (on the fence, centre right), and inscribed 'Negotiator' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 5/8 x 30¾ in. (57.4 x 78.1 cm.)

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1996, lot 137 (£32,200 to the present owners).

PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM M.B. AND BERNADETTE BERGER (LOTS 78, 79 AND 82)
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Negotiator, a bay colt by Prime Minister, out of a mare by Camillus, was bred by Sir Tatton Sykes, a renowned breeder, rider and Master of Foxhounds, and foaled in 1819. Negotiator won his first race at York in 1822, and was sold the following year to Sir David Moncreiffe, although by 1823 he is listed as having run for Archibald, Earl of Cassillis, and later Marquess of Ailsa. Negotiator's last recorded win was the King's Plate at York in 1825.