CHARLES HANCOCK II 



the merit of this artist, whose paintings we thus find 

 with those of the first masters of the day. Hancock 

 is represented in this boolv by his pictures of a 

 Foxhound and a Bloodhound, drawn on stone 

 and engraved by Thomas Fairland. 



Sporting, illustrative of British field sports, 

 edited by Nimrod, also a royal folio, and published 

 by A. H. Baily and Co., contains plates from 

 pictures by T. Gainsborough, R.A., Sir Edwin 

 Landseer, R.A., Abraham Cooper, R.A., J. F. 

 Lewis and William Barraud. Hancock's five 

 pictures in this work are " The Warrener," en- 

 graved by R. Parr; "The Gamekeeper," engraved 

 by W. A. Scott ; " Rat Hunting," engraved by 

 T. S. Engleheart ; Thorngrove and Sir Hercules, 

 two racehorses, engraved by H. Beckwith ; and 

 " Deer-stalking," engraved by W. Greatbach. The 

 literary contributors, in criticising the plates in 

 this book, speak highly of Hancock's skill in 

 delineating animal life and of his general ability in 

 grouping his subject pictures. 



In 1838 he painted "The Young Falconers," an 

 engraving from which picture, executed by H. 

 Beckwith, was reproduced in vol. 9 of The Sports- 

 man. 



The plate from "Deer-stalking" which accom- 

 panies the present brief account of the artist's work, 

 shows Hancock's talent for judicious and artistic 



