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son at work in London, for in 1850, on inheriting 

 his fortune, he went to reside at Lower Halliford on 

 the Thames and gave up painting for several years. 

 Many will remember the yellow mail-phaeton in 

 which he used to drive a well-matched, old-fashioned 

 pair of roans in the Park during the London season. 

 In his later years he again took up the palette and 

 brush, but only as means of amusement and occu- 

 pation. 



Charles Cooper Henderson died on 21st August, 

 1877 ■ he was buried in the catacombs of Kensal 

 Green, and a brass tablet to his memory was placed 

 in the church at Shepperton. By his wife, who 

 died in 1858, he had seven sons and two daughters ; 

 his eldest surviving son is Major-General Kennett 

 Greg Henderson, C. B., who recently commanded 

 the garrison at Alexandria. 



Bailys Magazine for September, 1877, contains 

 the following appreciative tribute to Henderson's 

 works : — 



" We saw reported in the Times, lately, the death of Charles 

 Cooper Henderson, the well-known painter of coaching and 

 road scenes, whose pictures at the late exhibition in Bond 

 Street were the gems of the collection. His loss is to be 

 much regretted. It is not too much to say that what Mr. 

 Apperley's (' Nimrod's ') pen did for the road was equally 

 well done by Mr. Henderson's brush. For spirit and truth of 

 detail he was unrivalled, and his pictures now will liave a 

 double value, and be counted as treasures in every sportsman's 

 house." 



