RICHARD BARRETT DAVIS I4I 



of the Sporting Magazine. The Royal Academy 

 Exhibition of 1824 should have included a large 

 picture of " His Majesty's Hunt," to which Davis 

 had put the finishing touches in April of that 

 year ; but unfortunately the carrier to whom he 

 entrusted the work for conveyance from Windsor 

 to London, omitted to deliver the picture within the 

 time prescribed by the Academy, and in consequence 

 it was never shown. In the same year he painted 

 the portrait of Tom Grant, for many years huntsman 

 to the Dukes of Richmond ; this picture was 

 engraved by W. T. Fry and the reigning Duke 

 was so much pleased with it that he accepted 

 dedication of the engraving. 



Portraits of horses, more especially race-horses 

 and hunters, formed a considerable proportion of 

 Davis's works, but likenesses of men and subject 

 pictures also frequently occupied his easel. In 1827 

 he painted the portrait of George Sharpe, who after 

 many years service as huntsman to George III., 

 had retired on a pension in 1822. This work was 

 also engraved by W. T. Fry. In 1831 he painted 

 his brother's portrait, " Air. Charles Davis, His 

 Majesty's Huntsman on his favourite Alare Colum- 

 bine ; " Charles Davis, cap in hand and at full 

 gallop, is waving hounds on to the line beside a 

 coppice. This picture was engraved by W. Giller, 

 the plate measuring 19 inches by 15 inches, and 



