How you can use this image

This image is available to be shared and re-used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY). This image can be used in any way, for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Wherever you reproduce the image or an altered version of it, you must attribute the original creators (acknowledge the original artist(s), the person/organisation that took the photograph of the work) and any other stated rights holders.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find more images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Download

More information

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

Herring was a stage-coachman who turned animal painter. He drove the ‘High Flyer’ stage-coach between London and York for four years before devoting himself entirely to painting. For many years he worked in the Doncaster area, and painted 33 successive winners of the St Leger. Herring painted pictures for George IV and Queen Victoria. His son, John Frederick Herring the Younger worked in the same style. Imaum was a gift to Queen Victoria from the Imaum of Muscat. She gave the horse to the Clerk of the Royal Stables, who sold him at Tattersall's. Herring purchased the horse and used him as a carriage horse for his own household.