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to show the exact proportions of every part of 

 the animal. The Royal Academy recognised the 

 importance of the work, and the skill with which 

 it had been executed, by awarding Garrard a formal 

 vote of thanks and congratulation. 



Daniels Rural Sports, published in four volumes 

 in 1 80 1, contains two engravings from pictures by 

 Garrard : '' Hounds in Full Chase " and "A Vixen 

 and Cubs." A glance through the list of the 

 painter's contributions to the Royal Academy 

 exhibitions shows that he did not confine himself 

 to the delineation of British animals. Indian cattle, 

 nvlghai, camels, reindeer, lions, timers and other 

 beasts formed the subject of many pictures and 

 models. In 1802 one of his exhibits was "A 

 Peasant attacked by Wolves in the Snow"; "A 

 Norway Elk pursued by Wolves " having been 

 one of his pictures in the exhibition of 1800. 



From 1802 until 1824 Garrard devoted himself 

 almost entirely to the plastic art, an occasional 

 portrait of man or horse and, more seldom, a 

 landscape, varying the long record of modelled 

 and sculptured works ; but during the last three 

 years of his life he turned again to palette and 

 brush, as if to show the world that in animal por- 

 traiture and landscape his hand had lost none of 

 its cunning. Between 1803 and 1S23, the most 

 notable picture from his easel was, perhaps. 



