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of the Ouorn from 1821 to 1823, Ferneley painted a 

 picture which Sir Reginald Graham has now in his 

 possession ; he says " it is perhaps the largest and 

 probably the best work of that excellent artist." 

 This was "The Ouorn at Ouenby in 1823"; it 

 contains more than forty portraits of men well 

 known in Leicestershire ; among them are Lord 

 Darlington (Master of the Raby), Lord Cardigan, 

 Mr. Maxse, on Cognac, Mr. Valentine Maher, 

 Captain the Hon. F. Berkeley, R.N. (afterwards 

 Lord Fitzhardinge), Colonel Coke, on Advance, 

 Lord Rancliffe (of Bunney Park), Sir Bellingham 

 Graham, Lord Sefton, Sir Francis Burdett, M.P., 

 Colonel George Anson, Lord Elcho, Sir James 

 Musgrave, Captain Whyte Melville, Sir Roderick 

 Murchison, Mr. Greene (of Rolleston), Mr. Frank 

 Forester, Sir George Wombwell, Mr. John Bushe, 

 Mr. " Jack " White (afterwards Master of the 

 Cheshire, 1841-1855), Will Staples, first whipper-in, 

 and Jack Wrigglesworth, second whipper-in. 



" The Meet at Kirby Gate " was also painted for 

 Sir Bellingham Graham. 



Mr. Osbaldeston's first commission to F"erneley 

 was for a portrait of Assheton, a hunter for which 

 Lord Plymouth gave 400 guineas. It shows Mr. 

 Osbaldeston on this horse topping a flight of 

 rails ; he is in the act of checking the hounds. 

 Mr. Holyoake on Crossbar is at his side, and 



