6 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



26, Southampton Street, Strand." In view of his 

 age, this may indicate that he was with the said 

 J. T. Barber in the capacity of a pupil. 



He seems to have made a false start as a 

 portrait painter. We next find him painting, not 

 miniatures, but sporting subjects ; his productions 

 in this direction were for many years published 

 under the assumed name, " Ben Tally O." One 

 picture thus signed represented " Easter Monday. 

 A view near Windsor. Gentlemen sportsmen en- 

 deavouring to lead the field," a title which suf- 

 ficiently suggests the spirit in which the artist dealt 

 with his subject. The deer-cart stands in the back- 

 ground in a dip of the hill, and the deer at full 

 speed is leading hounds down the slope in the 

 middle distance ; down the highroad which winds 

 across the foreground gallops a crowd of riders dis- 

 playing every eccentricity of incompetent horseman- 

 ship. This picture was engraved, and printed in 

 colours by S. & J. Fuller, who published it on ist 

 April, 1817 ; the plate, which measures 18 inches 

 by 1 2 inches, also bears the following lines. 



" Away the London sportsmen ride 

 And risk their necks at every stride ; 

 In torrents rush so swift and strong. 

 The yeomen prickers are borne along 

 Against their right good will." 



A portrait of the artist as " Ben Tally O," 

 engraved by M. Gauci, a well-known lithographic 



