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tributed towards the enrichment of our equestrian 

 collections. In the particular scene before us — 

 ' The Death of the Fox ' — he has displayed much 

 judgement and knowledge of his art : the hounds 

 are equal to anything we have seen of the kind in 

 our school." This picture is one of the three which 

 we find reproduced in the Sporting Magazme, an 

 engraving by T, Cook accompanying the notice 

 quoted. Eighteen years afterwards, in 1811, John 

 Scott completed a large plate from this work, and 

 another to serve as a companion from Philip 

 Reinagle's beautiful picture of " The Fox Breaking 

 Cover " ; these engravings, which are among Scott's 

 happiest efforts, will receive their meed of attention 

 under the name of that famous artist and en- 

 graver. 



"The Death of the Fox" was sold at Hick- 

 man's gallery, St. James's Street, in June, 1819, 

 with other sporting pictures belonging to Colonel 

 Thornton, when recklessness and extravagance 

 brought that celebrated sportsman's property into 

 the market ; it passed into the possession of Baron 

 de Tessier, and when his pictures were sold at 

 Brighton in 1864, it was purchased by Mr. William 

 Hine-Haycock, of Belmont, Sidmouth, in Devon- 

 shire, in whose collection it may now be seen. 



In 1785 Gilpin painted the portrait of a boon 

 companion of Colonel Thornton, namely, John 



