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his hooks ; and Mr. Cotton has his fly rod in 

 his hand, and a waiting boy behind with his 

 landing net. 



"Angler. Is this the portrait of Mr. Walton, 

 designed by the gentleman architect from Not- 

 tingham ? 



"Host. The same; then Mr. Rolston under- 

 took to paint this of Mr. Cotton, to be 

 a companion picture to him he loves so 

 dearly. 



"Painter. I declare I have never seen any- 

 thing to please me more. They are worthy of 

 each other." 



The following notes indicate its progress 

 towards total destruction and its restoration : 



In 1784 Mr. White of Crickhowel supplied Sir 

 John Hawkins with the following de- 

 ; scription : " It had in the centre a 

 square black marble table. . . . In the 

 right-hand corner stood a large beaufet 

 with folding doors on which were 

 painted the portraits of Walton and 

 Cotton attended by a servant boy. It 

 was then considerably decayed, espe- 

 cially in the wainscoting and the 

 paintings." 



In 1811 Mr. Major gives an account of it 



