EDMUND BRISTOWE ']'] 



Sir Edwin Landseer, who freely accepted sugges- 

 tions from him. 



Bristowe could not have been ambitious of public 

 recognition : the catalogues show that he sent 

 only seven pictures to the Royal Academy, and 

 these at irregular intervals. The probability is he 

 was satisfied with the distinction that the patronage 

 of Royalty conferred upon him : but apart from this 

 it would seem that he had some of the eccentricity 

 of genius. He would not work to order, but only 

 when the spirit moved him ; in this he resembled 

 many other painters whose works have attained 

 to wider fame, though, in some cases at least, not 

 more deservedly. His indifference to money, and 

 affection for some of his own creations are shown 

 by the circumstance that he sometimes refused to 

 sell his finished pictures. 



His works were appreciated and sought for by 

 those residing in the immediate locality of his 

 studio, and private collections in Windsor and Eton 

 contain many excellent examples from his brush. 



He was an occasional contributor to the exhibi- 

 tions of the British Institution and to the Society of 

 British Artists ; the latter had the honour of in- 

 cluding in its exhibition of 1838 the last picture 

 ever sent by Bristowe to a public gallery. This 

 was his painting of a " Donkey Race." Although 

 he lived for thirty-four years after the date named 



