CHARLES HANCOCK 7 



by her side. This picture was engraved, and 

 published by Harding and King in 1833. 



In 1832 Charles Hancock exhibited two pictures 

 at the British Institution : one, "The Keeper going 

 his Rounds," was described as "a very spirited and 

 talented production ; the eagerness of the terriers 

 as they watch their master's movements is admir- 

 ably depicted." Of the other, "A Fox on the 

 Watch," the critic says, "It has been purchased by 

 Sir M. W. Ridley, and an old master of hounds 

 told us he thought it was the best likeness of a fox 

 he had ever seen," Sir M. White Ridley was 

 himself Master of the Morpeth Hounds at this time. 

 The opinion of the old M.F.H. was therefore borne 

 out in the most practical form possible by Sir M. 

 W. Ridley's purchase of the picture. 



Lord Middleton has in his collection at Birdsall 

 the following works by Charles Hancock : — 



(i) A brown shooting pony in a landscape. 

 Size 2i|- inches by 33|- inches. 



(2) A picture of Henry, sixth Lord Middleton, 

 with his brother-in-law, Bielby Lawley {afterwards 

 Lord Wenlock), and Sir Francis Lawley. Lord 

 Middleton sits on his grey pony " Don " : the 

 others stand near, evidently discussing which of 

 them killed the woodcock, held in the hand of one 

 of the brothers. Two other ponies, a bay and 

 a grey (the latter afterwards presented to Mrs. 



