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in the act of running away with a partridge while 

 the rest of the covey are escaping over the hill, was 

 also engraved by T. W. Giles and published in 

 1836 by Ackermann & Co., of the Strand. 



The Anna/s of Sport contains two plates, "Grouse 

 Shooting" and "Terriers and Polecat," the former 

 engraved by Thomas Landseer, brother of the great 

 artist, and the latter by John Scott. 



A work by General George Hanger, dedicated to 

 "all sportsmen and farmers," published in 1814, 

 by Stockdale, contains a plate from a picture by 

 Reinagle. This shows the General mounted on a 

 mule, returning from shooting, his servant behind 

 followed by a setter and pointer. 



A portrait of Colonel Thornton, the famous 

 sportsman of Thornville Royal, the joint work of 

 Sawrey Gilpin and Reinagle, bears date 1796. This 

 picture shows the Colonel " Roebuck shooting in 

 the Forest of Glenmore, with the only twelve- 

 barrelled rifle ever made." The Colonel holds this 

 curious weapon at the ready : a keeper with a 

 dog crouches in the near background. This picture 

 was engraved by M. W. Bate and published by H. 

 Mutlow, of Russell Court, London, in 18 10. 



Colonel Thornton provided Reinagle with many 

 commissions. The artist's Royal Academy picture 

 in 1803 was a " Portrait of the Great Tench " taken 

 by this patron, with a view of Thornville Royal ; 



