134 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



He was a liberal contributor to the Sporting 

 Magazine, and the volumes between 1795 and 

 1827 contain numerous engravings from his works. 



In vol. vii. for December, 1 795, are two inte- 

 resting plates engraved by J. Walker. One is a 

 portrait of the race horse Escape, with his trainer 

 and jockey standing at his head. This famous 

 son of Highflyer, foaled in 1785, was bred by Mr. 

 Franco and sold by him for 1,500 gs. to the Prince 

 of Wales, for whom he won many important races 

 during the three years 1788-91. The second 

 plate is a portrait of Grey Diomed, with his 

 trainer, jockey and a stable lad. Grey Diomed, 

 by Diomed, foaled in 1785, was bred by Sir Charles 

 Bunbury, who sold him to the Hon. Charles James 

 Fox in 1787. In October, 1789, however. Sir 

 Charles bought back the horse, who won numerous 

 races in 1788 and years following to 1792. The 

 pictures from which these plates were taken were 

 also engraved in full size, viz. : 205- by 15I- inches, 

 by Daniel Dodd, and published by R. Pollard in 

 1792. 



In Vol. 20, for May, 1802, an engraving from his 

 picture of Phenomena, a famous trotting Hackney 

 mare which belonged to Mr. Joseph Robson, of 

 Little Britain ; this plate accompanies an account 

 of the mare's wonderful performances on the road 

 between Cambridge and Huntingdon, and after- 



