Adam's Country House Collections 18th & 19th October 2021

153 Country House Collections|18 th & 19 th October 2021 502 JOHN FERNELY SNR (1782-1860) An Egyptian Pony, ‘Whisperer’ with Two Irish Terriers and a Goat by a Stream in an Irish Landscape Oil on canvas, 71 x 92cm Signed and dated 1809 € 10,000 - 15,000 Provenance: with Leggatt Brothers, London, from whom acquired by John McDougald (1908-1978) of Ontario, Canada; by whose widow sold 1999, Sotheby’s, New York, 31 January 1999 to the present owner ($23,000); Mrs and Mrs McDou- gald were distinguished Canadian racehorse owners whose most famous thoroughbred was probably Nijinsky’s Secret; Private Collection since 1999. For biographical information on Ferneley and his times in Ireland, see note to lot 532 in this sale. From its subject matter, size and date, this painting is very likely to be identifiable as one listed in the artist’s account book no. 16: ‘Lord Belmore of Castlecoale (sic), May 1809, Portrait of a brown Egyptian Pony 3 feet by 2 feet 4 inches, £10 10s 0d’.