Background
Born in London, he was a younger son of a German father who was a bookbinder. At an early age he lost his father.
Born in London, he was a younger son of a German father who was a bookbinder. At an early age he lost his father.
In 1829 Hering studied in the art school at Munich, and Lord Erskine sent him with letters of introduction to Venice.
He was a clerk in a bank, but took up art as his profession. After about two years there, he travelled in Italy, and round the Adriatic to Constantinople and Smyrna. On his return to Rome he met John Paget, and with Paget and a Mr.
Sanford went on a tour through Hungary and Transylvania among the Carpathian mountains.
Hering settled in London, where he practised as a landscape-painter for the rest of his life, paying occasional visits to Italy. He died in London in 1879.