6 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



Chasing a Rabbit," which was exhibited at the 

 Royal Academy in 1832 ; it was very beautifully 

 engraved by H. Beckwith as "The Warrener's 

 Enemy." The rabbit, it may be remarked, is a 

 white one ; the keenness characteristic of the 

 terrier in close pursuit is admirably portrayed. 

 Three of the five plates represented foxes under 

 varying conditions. Hancock never showed to 

 better advantage than when painting a fox, and 

 he was evidently fond of drawing wild animals whose 

 beauty and character afford such infinite possibilities 

 to the clever artist. 



The following are a few of his numerous pictures 

 which appeal to lovers of horse and hound and of 

 the gun : — 



" Dos-a-dos," sleeping hounds huddled together; 

 painted in 1833 and exhibited at the Gallery of the 

 Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. 

 Also a "White Horse chased by Black Spaniels." 

 These pictures are described by a contemporary 

 critic as " very clever." 



"A Series of Heads of Sporting Dogs," the joint 

 work of Abraham Cooper, R.A., and Charles 

 Hancock, were engraved, bound, and published 

 together in book form (royal folio) by Harding and 

 King, London, in 1833. 



" The Widow " represents a young widow seated 

 in her late husband's arm-chair with a large hound 



