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sporting painter, is in our neighbourhood, employ- 

 ing his talents in finishing a fine picture of the late 

 race, from which an elegant engraving will speedily 

 appear. Indeed, much may be expected from the 

 display of this gentleman's abilities, whose taste 

 and correctness are so eminently manifest in the 

 finished paintings lately executed for The Sports- 

 mans Cabinet y 



" The Fox Breaking Cover " was painted by 

 Reinagle for Colonel Thornton as a companion 

 picture to "The Death of the Fox," painted by 

 Sawrey Gilpin. The plate from this work was 

 engraved by John Scott. As it appears desirable to 

 give an example of Reinagle's skill in portraiture as 

 well as his talent for the portrayal of sporting scenes, 

 the engraving from the likeness of Colonel Thorn- 

 ton from Travels in France, and that from the 

 picture last mentioned, have been selected to 

 represent his works. 



An admirable example of Reinagle's work hangs 

 at The Villa, Escrick, Yorkshire, the seat of Lord 

 Wenlock ; this is a portrait of the sixth Lord 

 Middleton, gun in hand, on the moors. He is 

 represented coming up a bank to his three pointers 

 which are standingr to grrouse. In the riarht back- 

 ground are two ponies from one of which Lord 

 Middleton has evidently just dismounted ; it is held 

 by a groom who rides the other pony. The canvas 



