JOHN BOULTBEE J I 



While residing here he sent a picture entitled 

 " Horse and Terrier " to the Royal Academy. 



In the ensuing year we find him executing a 

 commission for Mr. Robert Bakewell, of Dishley, 

 who secured his services to paint the portrait of 

 a favourite hunter. Though the famous founder 

 of the Leicestershire sheep achieved his perma- 

 nent fame through the success which attended 

 his efforts in that direction, and less lasting dis- 

 tinction by his evolution of the Dishley cattle, 

 he was by no means neglectful of the nobler 

 animal. For some months in 1785 he exhibited 

 in London a famous black horse which previously 

 by Royal command had been paraded before 

 King George III. in the courtyard of St. James's 

 Palace. Particulars concerning this horse are 

 wanting ; it would be interesting to know if it 

 were the animal which stood for its portrait to 

 Boultbee three years later. 



The King furnished very practical proof of his 

 admiration for John Boultbee's work; not only 

 was the artist commissioned to paint portraits of 

 some of George III.'s favourite animals but he was 

 assigned a residence in Windsor Park that his 

 services might be the more readily available. We 

 are not told if Boultbee ever took up his quarters 

 within the royal demesne, but if he did so his 

 stay was not a long one, for failing health com- 



