134 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



Whitby, Yorkshire ; as also is another excellent 

 sketch in oil by Dalby, namely a portrait of Done 

 Up, a chestnut hunter, ridden by a sportsman in 

 pink with the blue and white spotted choker tie 

 which appears to have been the "correct thing" 

 for wear in the hunting field at that date. 



In 1834, he painted a picture of Bran, by 

 Humphrey Clinker. Bran was bred by Lord 

 Sligo, and was foaled in 1831. He won his share 

 of honours on the turf ; he ran second to Touch- 

 stone in the St. Leger of 1834, in which year 

 he was purchased by Sir Edward Baker for 1,300 

 guineas. This work was engraved by Richard 

 Parr and the plate therefrom forms the frontis- 

 piece to vol. Ixx.xv., the Sporting Magazine of 

 1835. In 1837 Dalby painted the portrait of 

 Mango, by Emilius. Mango was bred in 1834, 

 by C. C. Greville, Esq., for whom, in Sam Day's 

 hands, he won the St. Leger of 1837 ; he also won 

 many other races. The picture of Mango was 

 engraved by J. H. Engleheart ; the plate forms 

 the frontispiece to vol. xci., 1838, of the Sporting 

 Magazine. These two plates it may here be added, 

 are the only examples the Magazine contains of 

 the works of this artist, who is described as "Dalby, 

 of York." 



The artist did not confine himself exclusively to 

 horse portraits; he painted in 1834, for Edward 



