John
Frederick Herring Senior
John Frederick Herring Sr.: A Life in Art and Sport Born: September 12, 1795, London, United Kingdom Died: September 23, 1865 Nationality: British Occupation: Painter, Sign Maker, Coachman Early Life and Career Herring's father was a London merchant of Dutch parentage. From an early age, …
A portrait built from John Frederick Herring Senior's own colours
Every 93 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
