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habit as he lived. His coat is green, full skirted, with upright 

 collar, very narrow lace round the cuffs and on the button- 

 holes; gold-braided chevrons embellish the front, sloping on 

 either side. The waistcoat is red, and more deeply laced. 

 This Master is represented in a sitting posture ; his bridle hand 

 reclines upon the near side arm of the chair ; his whip hand 

 lovingly caresses the neck of a hound, which gazes on his master's 

 face with unspeakable affection. At the moment the Master 

 seems to have partly turned his face, as if in the act of address- 

 ing some auditor, " Love me, love my dog " — an adage we 

 would commend to some occasional careless followers of the 

 pack, in the modern language of venery, " 'ware, hounds ! " 

 The whole ensemble of the picture is exquisite in conception 

 and execution, worthy of the magic brush by which it was 

 created ; and as a faithful historical relic of the Royal Hunt 

 in the days of George II. it is simply unique. 



Mr. Jenison was M.P. for county Northumberland during 

 several sessions of Parliament. In 1737 he had to relinquish 

 his seat, and offer himself for re-election, in consequence of 

 having accepted an office of profit under the Crown — i.e., the 

 Mastership of the Royal Buckhounds — on which occasion he 

 was returned without opposition. He afterwards sat for the 

 borough of Newport, Isle of Wight, which latter constituency 

 he represented in the House of Commons to the time of his 

 death. He died in London May 15, 1758, sincerely regretted 

 by a large circle of friends, more especially by the numerous 

 followers of the Royal Hunt. 



George Montagu Dunk, second Earl of Halifax, succeeded 

 Mr. Jenison on the termination of the latter's first term of 

 office, and consequently his lordship became the thirty-ninth 

 Master of the Royal Buckhounds, and was duly installed into 

 that office, pursuant to the annexed Warrant, dated December 

 31, 1744:— 



George R. 



Our Will and Pleasure is, That you forthwith swear and admit, 

 or cause to be sworn and admitted, Our Plight Trusty and Right 



