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frequently brought from three to four times the 

 price the artist received for them. 



The British Museum contains four examples 

 of this artist's work, engraved by Josephus 

 Sympson, 1740- 1743: — (i) A Heron and Geese 

 near a mill wheel ; (2) Hawk swooping down 

 on Fowls ; (3) Hawk carrying off a Chicken ; 

 (4) Various birds — pigeons, plover, and a parrot 

 perched on a bough. 



The birds in the above four engravings are very 

 spirited in drawing. Size of each plate 18 inches 

 by 14 inches. 



A painting by Cradock is described in a catalogue 

 of the sale of pictures belonging to Sir G. Osborne 

 Page Turner, Battlesden Park, Woburn, 7th June, 

 1824 : " Poultry, a Stork, a Passage-boat on a Canal, 

 and Figures crossing a Bridge." The catalogue of 

 a sale at Christie's in May, 1847, includes one of 

 his works, " Poultry attacked by a Hawk," the 

 property of Edward Harman. 



Luke Cradock died in London 1717, and was 

 buried at St. Mary's, Whitechapel. 



