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afforded opportunity of introducing deer, figure 

 largely among the earlier works of the younger 

 Barenger ; and only after he devoted his attention 

 more strictly to animal portraiture was he repre- 

 sented in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy ; 

 his first exhibit being "Sheep, from Nature," and 

 " A Famous Setter," which were shown in the year 

 1807, when the artist was in his twenty-eighth year. 

 He was at this time living in Kentish Town, with 

 his father we may conjecture ; but at a later date 

 he moved to Camden Town. In common with 

 many other sporting artists his best known address 

 was Tattersall's, Hyde Park Corner. 



He had numerous private patrons, for whom 

 he painted portraits of horses and dogs, and 

 sporting scenes; after 18 10 his works were in 

 considerable demand by the publishers of sporting 

 literature, and the first engravers of the time were 

 employed to execute plates therefrom. Between 

 the years 1807 and 1S31 he exhibited thirty-seven 

 pictures at the Royal Academy. Most of these 

 portraits of horses and dogs ; but the breadth of 

 his range is apparent in the variety of subjects 

 with which his brush dealt for the illustration 

 of books. British Field Sports, vol. viii., by 

 William Henry Scott, published in 1S18, contains 

 the following plates from works by Barenger ; 

 twelve of these were engraved by John Scott and 



