2-888-786 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Stirrup Cup - painted by J. F. Herring, 1850. '...one of Mr. Herring's contributions to the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, of which he is so distinguised a member. The picture hangs in the Great Room. 184 [in the catalogue]. A gallant cavalier, mounted upon his steed, is partaking of the "stirrup cup", without which it would be unfriendly to depart. The draught has been handed to him by a damsel who stands in the doorway of a dwelling of "the olden time". The horse, as might be expected from Mr. Herring, is cleverly painted; and the picture is altogether a capital one'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.