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ment, you would see the wild Highlander or the Duke of 

 Wellington before you in face and language. He usually 

 returned with me to Chillingham after our trip to the High- 

 lands, where, with his love for all wild animals, he devoted 

 himself to the wild cattle and studied their habits and 

 peculiarities all day in the park. The result was those fine 

 pictures of them now at the Castle." 



The sale of Landseer's works \vhit:h took place 

 after his death made up a catalogue of 141 1 lots: 

 the sale occupied seven days, beginning Friday, 8th 

 May, 1874, and realised ^^69,709 9s. It may be 

 added that this was the last great sale, if not the 

 very last sale, conducted by Mr. Christie, of the 

 famous firm. The appended list of pictures 

 sold at various periods shows the high and 

 increasing value attached to the works of this great 

 artist. 



WORKS OF SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A. 



IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY. 

 (From the Vernon Collection.) 



SPANIELS OF KING CHARLES'S BREED: on canvas, 2 feet 3} inches high by : 



feet iii inches wide ; engraved by J. Watts, and again by J. Outrim. 

 LOiy LIFE — HIGH LIFE, hull-dog and staghound with accessories characteristic of 



their classes: on wood, each picture 18 inches high by 13J inches wide ; engraved 



by R. Lane, A.R.A., and again by H. S. Beckwitb. 

 HIGHLAND MUSIC, an old piper disturbs with a sudden blast on his pipes five hungry 



dogs at their food : on wood, i foot 61 inches high by i foot iii inches wide ; engraved 



by H. S. Beckwitb. 

 THE HUNTED STAG, a stag held by two hounds, falling with them down a torrent : 



on wood, 2 feet 3^ inches high by 2 feet 11 J inches wide; engraved by Thomas 



Landseer and again by J . Cousen. 

 PEACE, a coast scene — Dover Harbour in distance, goat and sheep browsing in the sun- 

 shine on the cliflfs, a lamb lying with its head in the muzzle of a dismounted gun ; 



three bare-headed children : on canvas, 2 feet 10 inches high by 4 feet 4 inches wide ; 



engraved by J. Atkinson and again by L. Stocks, A. R.A. 



