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"Terror," shown in the exhibition of 1843. 

 Direct evidence of the artist's careful study o. 

 the Horse may be found in a book entitled 

 " Studies from Nature," which was dedicated with 

 permission to his patroness the Duchess of York, 

 and published ist May, 1804, by H. B. Chalon and 

 J, C. Nattes. This contains twenty plates, each 

 14 inches by 11 inches; seventeen represent dogs 

 and birds, and the remainino- three are Anatomical 

 Tables, viz. : (i) The Horse's Skeleton on a New 

 System ; (2) Explanation of the Anatomical Table 

 of the Horse's Muscles ; and (3) The Proportions 

 of an Arabian on quite a new System. 



Of the very numerous engravings which have 

 been made from Chalon's works, mention may be 

 made of the following : — 



Eight engravings in mezzotint, by W. Ward, 

 A.R.A. : — (i) Pavilion, a race-horse with Chiffney 

 in the saddle, plate 2 if inches by 155- inches: 

 published by Boydell & Co., 90, Cheapside, 

 London, ist March, 1803 ; (2) Coursing, a por- 

 trait of the greyhound Snowball : published by 

 Random & Sneath, 1807 ; (3) Violante, a race- 

 horse with Buckle in the saddle, plate 21^ 

 inches by 15 inches: published by Boydell & 

 Co., ist March, 1808 ; (4) Quiz, a race-horse ; 

 jockey, saddle on arm, entering the weighing- 

 room ; plate 21^ inches by 16 inches: pub- 



