SAWREY GILPIN, R.A. 19/ 



H. Hodges, plate i8f inches by 14^ inches, and 

 published on 25th March, 1790, by Jas. J. Boydell, 

 of Cheapside and the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall 

 Mall. His portrait of Colonel Thornton's Jupiter, 

 exhibited in 1792 at the Royal Academy, was 

 engraved by Wm. Ward, plate igj inches by 14 

 inches, and was published by George Garrard, "at 

 Mr. Gilpin's, Knightsbridge." His portrait of 

 Highflyer, which was etched by himself and also 

 engraved by F. Jukes, plate 19 inches by 14;^ 

 inches, was likewise published by Garrard "at Mr. 

 Gilpin's, Knightsbridge." 



In the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1794, 

 Sawrey Gilpin showed " A Gentleman on Horse- 

 back bringing up lag Hounds," the portrait being 

 by the hand of Philip Reinaglc. Of this work 

 Anthony Pasquin (John Williams) says in his 

 Liberal Critique on the Exhibition for that year : 

 " This is the prime picture in the exhibition of 

 its kind. Mr. Gilpin is inferior to Mr. Stubbs 

 in anatomical knowledge, but is superior to him 

 in grace and genius. The human portrait is 

 not disreputably finished." The critic, it should 

 be observed, is by no means lavish of his praise 

 whatever the work under notice. Very many 

 of Gilpin's pictures were painted in collaboration 

 with other artists ; Reinagle and he together exe- 

 cuted a portrait of Colonel Thornton shooting with 



