CHARLES HANCOCK 3 



scenes. The first of such to call for notice was his 

 portrait of the celebrated racehorse Sir Hercules, 

 bred by, and the property of, Lord Longford, for 

 whom the picture was painted. This horse, bred in 

 Ireland in 1826, was sold in 1833 to go to 

 America. For Lord Berners, Hancock executed 

 a portrait of his racehorse Recovery, foaled in 

 1827. Both of these works were engraved by 

 Richard Parr. 



At one period of his career, indeed, it would 

 seem that Charles Hancock shared with J. H. 

 Herring the distinction of being the fashionable 

 painter of winning horses on the turf; between the 

 years 1835 and 1843 he painted portraits of the 

 following : — 



Mundig, winner of the Derby, 1835, for John 

 Bowes, Esq. Scott is the jockey in the saddle. 

 This portrait was engraved in large size, printed in 

 colours, and published by Rudolph Ackermann, of 

 Regent Street, in September, 1835. Richard Parr 

 also engraved a small plate from this portrait. 



Queen of Trumps, winner of the Oaks and St. 

 Leger, 1835, and one of the celebrated winning 

 mares. This picture was engraved and published 

 in colours by Rudolph Ackermann : the plate is 

 a large size, the same as that from the portrait of 

 Mundig. 



Glencoe, bred by the Earl of Jersey in 1831 : 



