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died in 1873, a.ged fifty- four : and three daughters, 

 namely, Alice, Ellen, and Lydia Ann. The last- 

 named married John Christian Zeitter, an animal 

 painter of considerable merit. George Aiken is said 

 to have painted pictures similar to those by which 

 his father made his reputation. The writer 

 po.ssesses a hunting picture in water colours which 

 is believed to be the work of George Aiken. It 

 is unsigned and is quite in the style of Henry 

 Aiken. 



Henry Aiken died on 8th April, 1851, in the 

 sixty-eighth year of his age, and was buried in 

 Highgate Cemetery. For many years he had been 

 resident at Kentish Town ; at a later period he 

 occupied a small house near St. Anne's Church, 

 Highgate, and here he passed his last days. 



Miss Lanham, the artist's a-randdaughter, states 

 that Henry Aiken was an extremely eccentric man, 

 and led a very secluded life. He is said to have 

 been very stern in the family circle, and his bearing 

 towards strangers who might call upon him on 

 business connected with his pictures was somewhat 

 abrupt. He would present himself before them 

 with the curt self-introduction, " I am Henry 

 Aiken." He was very neglectful of his appear- 

 ance, and his attire — indoors, at all events — was 

 usually shabby and disorderly. The sturdy inde- 



