George Edwards Hering

Description: GEORGE EDWARDS HERING (BRITISH, 1805-1879) Lago di Lugano, 1855 oil on canvas signed lower left: G. E. Hering inscribed to label verso: Lungano / G. E. Hering 13 Grove End Road / St. Johns Wood 60.5 x 109.5 cm PROVENANCE Cooling Galleries, London (label verso) The Estate of Doris Baer EXHIBITED (possibly) The Royal Academy, 1855

George Edwards Hering (London 1805-1879) Michelangelo's Study, Rome signed, inscribed and dated 'Michel Angelo's [sic] Study Rome/in its present state 1835/painted by G Hering' (on the reverse) oil on board 17 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (45 x 35 cm.); and Stone pines in the Borghese Gardens, Rome, attributed to James Clarke Hook, R.A.

George Edwards Hering (1805-1879) The Colosseum from the Palace of the Caesars, Rome indistinctly signed and inscribed 'G.E. He.../The Colise...[sic.] /from the P...' (on a fragment of a label attached to the reverse) oil on card laid down on board 13 ¾ x 20 1/8 in. (34.9 x 51.1 cm.)

Description: George Edwards Hering London 1805 - London 1879 Antique Temples on Sicily Oil/canvas, 70,5 x 102,5 cm, lo. le. sign. G. E. Hering, slight craquelure, min. rest., relined.- English landscape painter with German ancestors. H. tudied in Munich since 1832 a. began exhibiting at the local Kunstverein as early as 1830. He travelled extensively through Italy a. the the Balkans. After returning to London in 1936 he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy a. at the British Institution, one of his paintings was bought by the prince consort. - Mus.: London (Victoria a. Albert Mus.), Cambridge (Fitzwilliam Mus.), Sheffield, Melbourne. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.

Description George Edwards Hering (1805-1879) The Giudecca, Venice Oil on canvas Signed andindistinctly dated 1857 Inscribed on label attached to reverse 72.5x 129.5 cm (28 1/4 x 51 in) ProvenanceJames Blyth, Woolhampton House, Berkshire;thence by descent. George Edwards Hering studied in Venice for two years afterstudying in Munich and travelling in Switzerland with his patronLord Erskine. He later travelled to Rome, wherehe met John Paget, a publisher of travel books, for whom he worked on many illustrations. Heringreturned to London in 1836 and became a regular exhibitor at theRA, BI and SS. After Hering's death, twosales of his works were held at Christie's, 7th May 1880and 25th April 1881. condition report Relined, fine craqueleurethroughout, shrinkage throughout, scatteredretouchings to sky area, may benefit from a lightclean