SAWREY GILPIN, R.A. 20I 



a turf giant of his day ; both of these plates were 

 executed by John Scott. 



In the South Kensington Museum there are 

 examples of Gilpin's work in oil and water colour, 

 some sketches and a few spirited etchings. 



The Sporting Magazine of April, 1807, in course 

 of an obituary notice of the artist, says of his paint- 

 ings that they "are justly admired for the great 

 truth and spirit of the composition and extreme 



chasteness of colouring- The Prince oi 



Wales' and the Duke of Hamilton's collections are 

 both enriched with the productions of his pencil, 

 but we believe his chef-cTceuvrc is in the possession 

 of S. Whitbread, Esq., M.P. It consists of a group 

 of tigers, and is a noble and spirited composition. 

 He excelled much in giving an expression of 

 terrible but majestic fierceness to that noblest of 

 animals, the lion." Without in any way impugning 

 Gilpin's skill in portraying wild animals, it is safe 

 to assert that his reputation is most surely based 

 upon the insight, knowledge and truth to life with 

 which he painted the horse, the dog and the fox. 



Sawrey Gilpin was a man of culture and refine- 

 ment, who in a licentious age was held in deserved 

 respect by his contemporaries for his high moral 

 character and extreme simplicity of manner. 



An industrious and prolific workman, he pro- 

 duced a very large number of pictures during his 



