SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A. 57 



from feeding there at dawn. The beast charged the 

 man and tossed him, but fortunately the attack was 

 witnessed by the park-keeper ; and the deerhound 

 Bran, under the direction of Lord Tankerville — 

 then Lord Ossulston — speedily diverted the bull's 

 attention from the prostrate keeper. 



The beast was shot, and with Lord Tankerville 

 and others (including Bran) concerned formed the 

 group for the " Dead Bull " which hangs at 

 Chillingham with two other works, a " Portrait 

 Group of Wild Cattle " and " Red Deer." It 

 may be added that the keeper though he sustained 

 fracture of four ribs and had his chest penetrated 

 by the bull's horn recovered from his injuries and 

 lived to the age of eighty years. 



A glance at the list of Landseer's Royal 

 Academy pictures shows that he did not by any 

 means confine himself to animal painting : portraits 

 of ladies and gentlemen occur frequently, some- 

 times with favourite dogs and sometimes in an 

 atmosphere of sport. 



The speed with which the artist worked was 

 remarkable. " The Sleeping Bloodhound " (3 feet 

 3 inches by 4 feet i inch, oblong), exhibited at the 

 British Institution in 1835, was painted, as the 

 anecdote in the Catalogue of Pictures 271 the National 

 Gallery tells us, between Monday morning and 2 

 o'clock on the next Thursday afternoon. The late 



