198 ANIMAL TAIN'TERS 



a twelve-barrelled rifle (the only weapon ol the kind 

 ever made) in Glenmore Forest : " A Litter ot 

 Foxes," shown in the Royal Academy Exhibition 

 of 1796, owed its background to P. Reinagle. 

 Anthony Pasquin remarks of this picture that 

 " these are as faithful portraits of foxes as any we 

 have beheld from the graver of Ridinger, and the 

 subtle character of this prowling savage is so well 

 depicted that we think a hen and her brood might 

 tremble at the terrific effigies." He complains, 

 however, that " the force of the background over- 

 powers those objects in colour and effect " in such 

 degree that the picture were better described as 

 "a background with a litter of foxes." 



George Barrett, R.A., the landscape painter, was 

 frequently indebted to Gilpin for the animals which 

 lent animation to his scenes, as also was William 

 jNIarlow. Among the collection of Richard Hulse. 

 Esq., of Blackheath, whose pictures were sold at 

 Christie's on 21st and 22nd March, 1806, was "a 

 chef-d'(£iivre that does infinite honour to the British 

 School," to quote from the description in the 

 catalogue. This was a view of Lake Windermere 

 with a man driving sheep and cattle, the joint work 

 of George Barrett, R.A., and Sawrey Gilpin, R.A. 

 It brought the sum of eighty guineas. 



Perhaps some of the most noteworthy examples 

 of joint work in art known are three large pictures 



