142 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



was published in July, 1831, by Moon, Boys and 

 Graves, London. The engraving was dedicated 

 by the artist to the then Master of the Buckhounds, 

 Viscount Anson. 



Shooting subjects do not figure largely among 

 the works of this artist, but when he turned his 

 attention to sport with the gun he was highly suc- 

 cessful, as witness the set of six pictures painted in 

 1836 and engraved by R. G. Reeve; this com- 

 prised : — 



" Grouse Shooting," August ; " Partridge Shoot- 

 ing," September; "Pheasant Shooting," October; 

 "Snipe Shooting," November; "Woodcock Shoot- 

 ing," December ; and " Water-fowl Shooting," 

 January. 



These were printed in colours, the plates being 

 18 inches by 14 inches, and were published on 

 2nd November, 1836, by Thomas Maclean, 

 London. 



He was a keen sportsman and jDOssessed wide 

 knowledge of sporting matters, particularly of hunt- 

 ing ; he does not appear to have been a great 

 horseman, as we are told that it was his custom 

 to follow the Royal pack on foot and make rough 

 and hasty sketches of incidents which he turned to 

 account after in his hunting pictures. He was a 

 o-ood judge of both horse and hound nevertheless. 



In 1837, by command of the Queen Davis 



