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happier circumstances, have achieved far more. 

 The remainder of Luke Clennell's life was passed 

 under control until on 9th February, 1840, he died 

 a harmless lunatic in a Newcastle Asylum. Four 

 years after his decease a tablet to his memory by 

 R. Davis, a local sculptor, was placed in St. 

 Andrew's Church in that city. 



A certain melancholy interest thus attaches to 

 the six plates in British Field Sports, published 

 in 18 18 by W. H. Scott. These are from Clen- 

 nell's " Fox-hunters Regaling," " Fox-hunting," 

 "Dog Pointing," "Squirrels," "The Fox," and 

 " Badger and Dogs," an engraving from the last 

 of which is here reproduced ; an example of his 

 engraving in the shape of a small woodcut entided 

 " Riding in a Storm," appears on page 97. 



In some of Luke Clennell's works we find much 

 that recalls the style and touch of George Morland. 

 It is very unlikely that he went to the paintings 

 of that artist for inspiration however. Morland 

 died in the autumn of the year 1804 which saw 

 Clennell's arrival in London, and his pictures had 

 long ceased to find the acceptance they well 

 deserved and fully obtained at an earlier period. 

 The surroundings amid which Luke Clennell 

 passed his youth fully explain the love of rural 

 scenery and sport which found scope in the 

 exercise of his art. He was one of the very few 



