68 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



Mr. Arthur N. Gilbey, of Cookham, possesses 

 a painting by J. F. Lewes, executed in 1833. '^ 

 is a portrait in profile of Landseer playing a salmon 

 under the direction of an old gillie ; pine-clad hill 

 and glen forming the near background. This 

 picture is the more interesting as the dog sitting 

 a pace or two behind the angler is said to have 

 been added by Landseer himself. 



The portraits he painted showed the breadth of 

 his acquaintance among the upper classes of society. 

 The Russells were among his most intimate friends; 

 Georgina Duchess of Bedford was his pupil when 

 he was twenty-four years of age, and some of his 

 works were etched by her. In subsequent years, he 

 painted portraits of the Duchess and her children. 



Among the pictures of Landseer's mature and 

 later years the following are considered to show 

 his art at its best: — -"Suspense," a bloodhound 

 waiting at a door, exhibited in 1834 and now in 

 the South Kensington Museum. "The Shepherd's 

 Chief Mourner," exhibited in 1837, also in the 

 South Kensington Museum, is perhaps as well 

 known as any picture ever painted by any artist, 

 and deservedly so for its simplicity and genuine 

 pathos. " A Distinguished Member of the Royal 

 Humane Society," exhibited in 1838, is not less 

 widely known. This portrait of the dog, a New- 

 foundland, was painted for the late Mr. Newman 



