1782 – 1860

English painter. He was apprenticed to his father, a master wheelwright, until 1801 when, encouraged by John, 5th Duke of Rutland, he went to study in London with the sporting artist Benjamin Marshall. Little of Ben Marshall's broad and vigorous technique is evident in his pupil's later free and refined style, though some of Ferneley's early works, such as those painted on his visits to Ireland between 1808 and 1812 have echoes of his master.Show more

4 artworks in collection