# A Favourite Bay Hunter

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FERNELEY, John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferneley-john-r9dc2ea0a322c31>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 86 x 107 cm

## Commentary

The present painting was commissioned in 1842 by William Everard of Gosberton, an occasional patron of Ferneley in the 1840&#39;s, ordering portraits of favourite horses.

## Related artworks

- [An Egyptian Pony](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferneley-john-r9dc2ea0a322c31/an-egyptian-pony-rb25a3c27c1b229>)
- [Chestnut Hunter &#39;Firebird&#39;](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferneley-john-r9dc2ea0a322c31/chestnut-hunter-firebird-rbfe83b77d5d974>)
- [Philip, a Bay Racehorse with Jockey Up](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferneley-john-r9dc2ea0a322c31/philip-a-bay-racehorse-with-jockey-up-r075d1a7c048619>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)