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painter whose grapes were so natural that the birds 

 flew and pecked at them is quoted, and it is added 

 that Elmer's painting went further, for on one 

 occasion, a lady of rank, calling at his studio at 

 Farnham, found him painting a brace of partridges 

 hangingf before him, and exclaimed, 



" No wonder, Mr. Elmer, you succeed so well, 

 for I see you paint from Nature." 



" Not now, madam, not now ; for I am copying 

 a picture I painted last year," replied the artist ; 

 and he lifted from his easel the picture which his 

 visitor had mistaken fir two real birds. 



WORKS OF STEPHEN ELMER, A.R.A. 



IX THE SOUTH KEXSIXGTON MUSEUM. 



GROUP OF FISH LVIXG O.V THE GROUND, on canvas, 24! inches by 29! im-he., 

 oblong. Signed. 



PICTURES EXHIBITED IX THE ROYAL ACADEMY 

 (117 in number). 



YEAR 



i772-<9) A FOX, &'c. A HARE— A PHEASANT— Ttuc FLOWER PIECES— 



Two FRUIT PIECES— Three DEAD BIRD PIECES— A BRACE OF 

 PHEASA NTS— BRACE OF TROUT— Two pieces of SMALL BIRDS. 



i-,-,^— (10) FOIVLS — LURCHER AND DEAD FOX — SPORTSMEN, with dead 

 game, &c.— CANARY IN A CAGE— FRUIT PIECE— Two small FRUIT 

 PIECES— BRACE OF PARTRIDGES — WOODPECKER, JAY, &'c.— 

 BASKET OF STRA WBERRIES—GAME. 



,7-^— (9) HERON AND SPANIEL — POINTER— PHEASANTS— PARTRIDGES 

 — TROUT— FRUITS— FRUITS— GAME— HARE AND PHEASANTS. 



177s— (4) A BRACE OF TROUT— WOODCOCK.'i-PARTRIDGES-A BASKET 

 OF STRA WBERRIF.S. 



r„(r~{^) DEAD CAME — DEATH OF A FOX— FISH AND CAT— FRUIT- 

 FRUIT. 



