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EDMUND BRISTOWE. 



(Born 1787. Died 1S76.) 



pDMUND BRISTOWE, known as " Bristowe 

 '^ of Windsor," was born at Windsor on the 

 1st of April, 1787. The son of an heraldic painter, 

 he was thus brought up in an atmosphere not 

 devoid of art : whether he continued to live with 

 his parents when he reached man's estate we are 

 not told, but it seems certain that he passed his 

 whole long- life in the neighbourhood of his birth- 

 place. His disinclination to go afield may no doubt 

 be attributed in some degree to the Royal patronage 

 which was bestowed upon him while he was yet a 

 youth. At an early age he had the good fortune to 

 attract the notice of the Princess Elizabeth and the 

 Duke of Clarence, afterwards William IV. Evi- 

 dence of their patronage is found in three pictures 

 in the Royal collection at Windsor Castle. These 

 are : Coast Guard, a Newfoundland Dog, hang- 

 ing in the Winchester Tower ; Beauty, a favourite 

 hound belonging to George III., in the Round 

 Tower, and " The Pensioners," in the Lobby, 

 Prince of Wales's Tower. 



