Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA, RWS British, 1878-1959
Study of Cherry Bounce
oil on panel
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.5 cm)
15 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (40 x 50.5 cm) framed
15 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (40 x 50.5 cm) framed
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Exhibitions
Leicester Galleries 1938 - Exhibition of Pictures by Alfred Munnings R.A since 1928 – no. 31. Bears labels on the reverse.
Cherry Bounce was a bay mare owned by Munnings and inspired two poems he had privately printed in 1943 under the title Old Brandy and Cherry Bounce - A Ballad of Exmoor. The horse also features in two of his best known paintings – Why weren’t you out yesterday and Where did you Jump the Brook?.