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1 82 1 he exhibited one study of "Dead Game" 

 and in 1825 two similar works. 



At other galleries he exhibited more largely. In 

 1824 his name is mentioned as that of a Founda- 

 tion member of the Society of British Artists : to 

 the annual exhibitions of that body he contributed 

 seventeen works ; and at the Suffolk Street gallery 

 he showed nineteen pictures. Many of his paintings 

 are to be seen in private collections, and occa- 

 sionally they come into the market. A few 

 examples of pictures which fall within our scope 

 may be described : — 



" Dead Game," painted in 1823; a heron hanging 

 up by the feet with loosely extended wings ; a 

 pheasant and a partridge also hanging ; a hare, 

 wild duck, and other game on a table beneath. 

 On board: size igi inches by 133 inches. This 

 admirable specimen of Blake's work is here re- 

 produced. "Dead Game," painted 1S2S ; par- 

 tridges and wild duck hanging from ceiling ; an 

 earthen vessel and basket of eoro-s on a table. On 

 board : size 10 inches by 8 inches. " Dead Game 

 and Codfish," painted 1S30; the game, a pheasant, 

 hare, and wild duck are hanging ; the cod, sur- 

 rounded by oysters and vegetables, lies on a table. 

 On board, size 12 inches by 9^ inches. Another 

 picture of this class, which Blake was fond of 

 painting, shows a heron lying on a large barrel 

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