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RICHARD BARRETT DAVIS. 



(Born 1782. Died 1854.) 



p ICHARD BARRETT DAVIS, bom 1782 

 -'■^ at Watford, in Hertfordshire, was, it may be 

 said, reared in the atmosphere of sport. His 

 father, Richard Davis, was huntsman of George 

 HI.'s harriers, and one of his eight younger 

 brothers, Charles, who began by turning hounds 

 to his parent, became in 1822 huntsman to the 

 Royal Buckhounds a post he held under George 

 IV., William IV. and Her Majesty Queen 

 Victoria. With such connections it was only to 

 be expected that Richard's artistic tastes would 

 take the direction they did. 



He studied under William Evans, better known 

 as Evans of Eton ; and also under Sir William 

 Beechey who, as drawing master to the Princess, 

 resided much at Windsor. It may be conjectured 

 that he owed the advantage of tuition by Sir 

 William to the positions held by his father and 

 brother ; Charles Davis, as Lord Ribblesdale tells 

 us in his published work, Tlie Queens Hounds, 

 was indebted to George HI. for his later educa- 



