I08 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



war were, " Arthur, Lord Capel, defending 

 Colchester for the King," a work containing por- 

 traits of Lord Capel and Fairfax, Sir George Lisle 

 and Sir Charles Lucas, shown in 1823; "The 

 Retreat from Naseby" shown in 1833 ; " The Fight 

 at Cropredy Bridge, where Sir William Waller 

 on 29th June, 1644, met King Charles L," shown in 

 1841 ; "Prince Rupert routing the Besiegers at 

 Newark," 22nd March, 1644, shown in 1844. The 

 Crusades, the Scottish Rebellion, the Peninsular 

 War, Indian wars, and, last, the Crimean War, also 

 provided Cooper with opportunities of displaying 

 his marvellous skill in portraying the Horse. 

 " Hors de Combat," one of three battle pieces 

 shown in 1853, was thus described by a critic of 

 the time : " an old standard-bearer is leaning on 

 his white charger which extends its weary limbs 

 on the ground : the man is worn and sjient by a 

 hard day's fight which has left pretty evident 

 marks on his person ; the white horse is wonder- 

 fully painted, texture preserved, and the tired, 

 relaxed expression shows at once this master's 

 knowledcfe of horse life." 



This white horse figured frequently in Cooper's 

 pictures. The Sporting Magazine critic in his review 

 of the Royal Academy pictures of 1836, remarks of 

 the " Death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings," 

 that its readers "will be gratified at least with an 



