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the famous race-horse and stallion, stands high 

 among his most successful horse pictures. This 

 work was executed in 1837 for the late Mr. 

 Richard Tattersall, into whose possession The 

 Colonel ultimately came. Bred by Mr. Wyvill, 

 of Burton Constable, in 1825, and sold when a 

 yearling to the Hon. Edward Petre, he won the 

 St. Lecrer for that gentleman, who afterwards 

 disposed of him for ^4,000 to George IV. Mr, 

 Richard Tattersall bought The Colonel at auction 

 for his breeding stud at Dawley, near London. 

 Chalons picture of this horse is now in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Herbert Mavor. It was awarded 

 a special prize at the Loan Exhibition of pictures 

 held at the Agricultural Hall in 1896. The artist 

 had also painted the portrait of The Colonel, 

 with Wm. Scott, the jockey, in the saddle, after he 

 won the St. Leger of 1828. The work was in 

 the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1829. 



Chalon's mastery of equine anatomy is well 

 shown in a series of seven large pictures repre- 

 senting " The Passions of the Horse,' which 

 were engraved and published by Jackson. Three 

 of this series were exhibited in the Royal 

 Academy, viz., an old hunter, Betty, in a 

 paddock roused by the huntsman's view halloo, 

 representing " Joy," and another representing 

 "Rage with Agony," shown in 1837: and 



