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men as Hollar, Fairthorn and John Griffiere, than 

 in the original paintings themselves. The engravers 

 indeed have placed him under an obligation in that 

 they have so largely contributed to rescue his name 

 as an artist from the obscurity which has overtaken 

 his followers. 



Francis Barlow died in 1702. 



WORKS OF FRANCIS BARLOW. 



IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(i) ILLUSTKATIONS TO ^SOP'S FABLE OF THE YOUNG MAN AND HIS 

 CA T. — A youth of effeminate appearance, fondling his cat, kneels on a balcony 

 supplicating Venus to transform it into a woman. She, with Cupid by her, newly 

 arrived from her dove-drawn car, appears in the sky (left) and grants his prayer. In 

 a recess (right) a bed, from which the woman springs on seeing a mouse run along 

 the floor. This design was probably done for Barlow's edition of the Fables, but 

 another was substituted in the book. Indian ink; size, 4^ io. by 6^ in. 



(z) Two on one mount, viz. :— («) GOATS AND SHE£F.~-On a mound in the centre 

 hegoat ; two goats (left) and a ram with two sheep (right) under a tree with a magpie 

 and two tits ; in the foreground a mole. Indian ink ; size, 5^ in. by 8 in. (d) SIS 'INE 

 AND DONKEYS.— A yard with a mound in the middle, on which is a boar ; a 

 sow lying (left) and three pigs behind, one coming from a sty ; (right) two donkeys, 

 and a man with a pitchfork looking over the palings into the yard. Indian ink ; size, 

 5J in. by 8 in. 



(3) Two on one mount, viz. \—{a) BEAKS. — Two bears confronting each other, with two 



others behind, one of which (right) is climbing a palm tree. Indian ink ; size, 5I in. 

 by Sii in. iS) LEOPARDS AND LYNXES.— Two leopards, one seen in front, 

 the other turned towards a couple of lynxes ; in the background, a leopard leaping 

 on a stag. Indian ink ; size, i\ in. by Z\ in. 



(4) STUDY OF A DEER. — A buck anda roe, side by side, moving towards the left, where 



another buck is feeding, and a hare sits in a listening attitude ; (right) two rabbits 

 and tree with squirrels in the branches; five wild ducks flying (left). Indian ink; 

 size, 5I in. by 8i in. 



(5) STUDY OF HORSES.— A horse turned towards the left; behind him another horse 



reajing up on its hind legs, and a number of others in varied attitudes in an undu- 

 lating meadow beyond, bordered with distant trees. Indian ink; size, 5? in. by S in. 



