I decided to go ahead and share a few of the horses I collect. This is my newest collection. It started when my Aunt Jill passed away. It took us two years to clean her house out, and I told my Aunt Lola, her sister, that the only thing I wanted was the picture of the horses on the wall as you go upstairs to her attic. She agreed and I later designed my computer room around this one picture that I've loved since I was a little girl. We moved from Hawaii to Maryland in 1966, and the picture was already hanging on my Aunt's wall. Well, about three weeks ago my ceiling fan started sparking and shorted out so I had to find a lamp. I plugged the lamp in the outlet close to where the picture was hanging and saw some words stuck down in the frame. I decided to get closer and it was the name of the author and I guess the company that produced it. The author is John Frederick Herring and the name of the picture is Pharoah's Horses. I check him out on the internet and he's a painter from the 1800. I was floored but not surprised becuz my Aunt was a pack rat. She had chairs from the 17th century that belonged to her great grandmother. They are currently at the Benjamin Banneker Museum in Annapolis. Anyway, I was wondering how to find out if this picture is an original without getting rip off. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. The picture is the one with the three white horses head.
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thanks for the encouraging words!
Wish I had a suggestion for getting your painting valued. Well, you might want to call your home owner's insurance company and ask them if they have any references. (You could pose it like 'this may be valuable and, if so, I want to have it covered under my policy...do you know a company I could ask.)
There's the Antiques Roadshow. Not sure how it works though. I don't know if you're guaranteed an appraisal by going.
If it is a painting, it is not the original. The original was sold at auction. I doubt yours is the one. They sold prints of Pharaoh's Horses in the 1902 Sears and Robuck catalog for 75 cents. I got all this info while searching for the original. My grandmother gave me a painting her mother painted of pharaoh's horses that I have loved since a little girl. I haven't tracked down the original yet but have found that many have been inspired by the painting. I've found anything from tattoos to belt buckles but mostly paintings and prints.
H. Canale
Interlochen, Michigan
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