PHILIP REINAGLE, R.A. II 3 



Grace brought home to Clumber and placed under 

 the management of his keeper, William Mansel. 

 He evidently prized these dogs highly, for Francis 

 Wheatley, R.A., F.S.A., painted a picture showing 

 the Duke on a pony with Mansel standing by his 

 side and several clumbers in various attitudes 

 grouped about him ; this picture, it may be added, 

 was afterwards engraved. 



Reinagle's hunting and hawking scenes, bird 

 pictures and studies of dead game were among 

 the best of his day ; and though it is with such 

 works that his name is particularly associated, his 

 purely landscape pieces were of great merit. 

 English, Italian and Spanish scenery furnished the 

 subject of many of his Royal Academy pictures. 

 Thomas Barker sought his aid in painting his 

 panoramic views of Rome, the Bay of Naples, 

 Florence, Gibraltar, Algeciras Bay, and Paris. 

 The old Dutch Masters furnished the models upon 

 which he formed his style ; during his earlier 

 years of study he made numerous copies, and so 

 faithful were these that unscrupulous dealers were 

 able to sell them as original works by Paul Potter, 

 A. Van de Velde, Berchem, Karel du Jardin and 

 others. 



Reinagle's first contributions to the Royal 

 Academy were two portraits of gentlemen, shown 

 in the Exhibition of 1774. For nine years he was 



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