ABRAHAM COOPER 1 1 T 



Few Royal Academy Exhibitions during his 

 working Hfe did not contain a horse portrait of 

 interest to turfites or fox-hunters. In 1838, he 

 painted a hunt group of Sir James Flower with 

 his hounds, huntsman and whipper-in ; the men 

 wear the hunt uniform, green with blue collar. 

 A groom holds Lady Flower's horse ready for 

 his mistress to mount. " The Day Family," 

 also exhibited in 1838, shows Cooper as a por- 

 trait painter ; the picture, which measures 4 feet 

 2 inches by 3 feet 2 inches, contains the follow- 

 ing likenesses : Mrs. Anne Day and Mrs. John 

 Day, the jockey's mother and wife, in a mule 

 carriage, John Day, whip in hand, standing on the 

 left, John Day, junior, leaning on the shaft of the 

 carriage, Samuel Day on Venison and William 

 Day on Chateau d'Espagne. The painting of 

 the horses shows infinite care and skill, and the 

 fore-shortening of the mule is very cleverly managed. 



An excellent example of Cooper's work is his 

 portrait of "Thomas Waring Esq.," of Chelsfield, 

 Kent, shown in 1836, and engraved by W. B. 

 Scott in the following year; Mr. Waring is painted 

 on a favourite hunter named Peter, with five 

 couples of his harriers grouped round his horse. 

 " Nimrod," in a descriptive article written when the 

 engraving was published, gives the following 

 account of Mr. Waring's hounds : — 



