8o ANIMAL PAINTERS 



here reproduced ; and " Summer," also on board, of 

 similar size and painted in the same year. " Sum- 

 mer " represents two horses with pigs and poultry 

 in the foreoround. 



The date on these two works mark the period 

 to which Edmund Bristowe's artistic career can 

 be traced, though he lived to the ripe age of 

 eighty -nine years, dying at Eton on the 12th 

 February, 1876. 



Reference has already been made to the distinc- 

 tive qualities of Bristowe's work : the handling is 

 always masterly and the finish exquisite, resembling 

 in many respects the paintings of the old Dutch 

 masters. His works will doubtless create increased 

 demand, as few artists painted subjects which 

 appeal to those who appreciate historical records 

 of sport, and subjects appertaining to animal life 

 in the early part of this century. 



It is surprising that so little should have been 

 recorded of this painter's life and works ; his dis- 

 inclination to court public notice by exhibiting his 

 pictures may in some measure account for it. 



WORKS OF EDMUND BRISTOWE. 



EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY. 

 Year 



iSog—S.lf/TH SHOEIXG HORSE. 



1820 — (3) JEFFERIES, for many years earth stopper to the Berkeley Hounds— POi?- 

 TRAIT OF A HUNTER— MR. NOR.MAN AS DON QUIXOTE IN 

 THE PANTOMI.ME AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. 



i823-<3) PORTRAITS OF MEN E.MPLOYED IN THE NURSERY GARDENS 

 AT SLOUGH— THE PARISH CLERK, SATURDAY EVENING. 



li:iq—SH.i.VROCK, the property of C. T. Gaskell, Esq. 



