36 REMINISCENCES OF 



most eminent of the few gentlemen who really both can 

 and will hunt their own hounds better than most pro- 

 fessional huntsmen." — From the St. James s Gazette. 

 Criticism of Grant's picture and engraving of 

 J. Anstruther Thomson and "Iris". Grant on 

 engraving : — 



"29 Sussex Place, 

 "11^/2 Aprils 1 87 1. 



" My Dear Thomson, — 



" I have seen the print. It is well drawn 

 and carefully executed and the likeness kept. But 

 I regret that it was not brought to me whilst in 

 progress. I fear it would be difficult to alter it 

 now. I should have, I expect, made the coat tell 

 as a dark against a light sky. 



" Yours truly, 



" F. Grant." 



1 87 1. —My sister, Mrs. Montgomery, writes, "Is 

 there any chance of your sitting to F. Grant again ? 

 If so, could you or any one hint to him that to make 

 the likeness perfect he ought to throw a shade on the 

 side of the temple bone to make the forehead more 

 broad and square across the eyebrows. Many have 

 remarked it, and it is that form that gives the organ 

 of thought, form and observation, that gives your 

 character. If you will look at your father's picture 

 you will see what I mean, viz.^ across the bone of 

 the eyebrow is broad, broader than the temples 

 above. I suppose he will put a touch of light into 

 the horse's eye before the engraver gets it, or the 

 farmers will not be satisfied." 



