32 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



by James W. Laird, of i, Leadenhall Street, in 

 1 84 1, several years after the painter's death. 

 Another series of pictures, " Partridge Shooting," 

 " Pheasant Shooting," " Woodcock Shooting," and 

 " Grouse Shooting," were engraved by J. Pollard, 

 the plates measuring 1 1 inches by 7^ inches, and 

 were published at the same time. The early num- 

 bers of the Amials of Sporting, published in and 

 after 1822, contain twenty-six plates from his 

 pictures engraved by T. Sutherland, J. Gleadale, 

 Roberts and others. These plates were printed 

 in colours for separate sale by the publishers of the 

 magazine, Sherwood Jones & Co., of Paternoster 

 Row, London. 



The second volume of Remarks on Forest Scenery 

 and Other Woodland Views, by the Rev. William 

 Gilpin, Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral and 

 Vicar of Boldre, near Lymington, contains a series 

 of scenes in the New Forest, "The animals by Mr. 

 Aiken." The author in a note at the end of the 

 book pays a tribute to the " masterly and excellent 

 work " of the artist. This book was published in 

 London in the year 1791. Sawrey Gilpin, the 

 author's brother, also contributed several pictures 

 to Forest Scenery. 



Samuel Aiken's hunting pieces are cleverly 

 drawn and afford an excellent idea of the stamp 

 of horse hunted at the time, as well as of the style 



