JAMES POLLARD lOI 



nether man in white nankeen trousers strapped 

 under the boots in accord with the fashion of the 

 day for ordinary walking dress. The size of this 

 canvas is i6|- by 1 1|- inches. 



In 1824 we find Pollard represented at the Royal 

 Academy by two works entitled Incidents in Mail 

 Coach Travelling. One of these shows a coach 

 crossing a stream. Pollard did not confine himself 

 to exhibiting at the Academy ; his name appears in 

 the records as painter of three pictures shown at the 

 British Institute, and four sent to the Suffolk Street 

 Gallery. 



In 1830 he painted Smithfield Market, a busy 

 scene, full of life and animation, with its throngs of 

 buyers and sellers of horses, cattle and pens of 

 sheep ; in the background old St. Bartholomew's 

 Hospital and the houses and streets surrounding 

 the market (size of canvas 26 inches by 17 inches). 



Pollard was an artist of considerable versatility. 

 The next pictures which claim notice in chrono- 

 losfical order are of a different character. His 

 Fly-fishing and Trolling for Pike are scenes on 

 the river Lea (size of each canvas 17 by i2i'k 

 inches), and were painted in 1831. His signature 

 is affixed to each of these works, which were 

 engraved by P. Himely. In 1836 he painted 

 another picture of interest to fishermen : this was 

 The Pike and Anchor, Ponders End, in which he 



