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(6) STUDY OF CATTLE.— \ cow grazing, turned to the right ; two oxen half seen behind 



her ; two more further off in the field (right), one lying down, the other feeding near 

 a tree ; in the distance a hill, crowned with a church spire. Indian ink ; size, gg in. 

 by 8 in. 



(7) HOUNDS. — Five hounds, four of them coupled in pairs ; a man with lifted stick halloa* 



ing (right) and a hare running away over a little hill in the landscape behind. Indian 

 ink ; size jf in. by 8 in. 



(8) STUDY OF DOGS AND A C^T.— (Left) A mastiff, chained by the collar to his 



kennel and showing his teeth ; in the centre a greyhound surveying a cat (ri-hl) 

 which stands with arched back and furious expression, on a low stone wall, while a 

 spaniel barks at it, with forepaws on the wall. Signed, " F. Barlow." Indian ink; 

 size 5^ in. by 8 in. 



(9) ILLUSTRATION TO EDWARD BENLOIVE'S '' THEOPHILA, OR LOl'ES 



SACRIFICE," 1652. — Theophila, besieged by deadly sins, in the shape of wild 

 beasts, kneels and prays to a fountain with a cross above it, emblematic of Christ's 

 sacrifice ; behind, the Garden of Eden, with Adam and Eve being tempted and 

 driven out. Indian ink; size, 7J in. by 5^ in. 



(10) THE FOX AND THE EAGLE'S NEST.— An eagle's nest, apparently in flames, 



on the top of a high rock ; a fox tumbles from it on the approach of the parent birds. 

 In the foreground the mother fox and cubs in a hole under trees (right), beyond the 

 trees a smoking altar. Pen and sepia, with Indian ink wash ; size, 3J in. by 3J in. 



(i:) PARTRIDGE STALA'IA'G.~A field, with partridges in the foreground, and (right) 

 a man concealing himself behind a horse, which advances from under a tree ; a dof^ 

 (right); beyond, trees and a hill. Indian ink ; size, -jl in. by ii| in. 



(12) AN EAGLE CARRYING OFF A DUCKLING.— li soars in the air, grasping a 

 duckling in its talons, while it bites at the head with its beak. (Right) A hill with 

 a cottage among trees. Pen and sepia, with Indian ink wash ; size, 5 in. by 6^ in. 

 (An etching by Barlow of a similar subject, an eagle carrying off a cat, said to have been 

 sketched from life in Scotland, is in the department at the Museum.) 



IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. 



PARTRIDGES AND SNIPE (water-colour). 



MARES AND FOALS (drawn with a reed pen in sepia and Indian ink). 



FARAtrARD WITH FIGURES (Landscape background (Indian ink). 



