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Mr. H. \V. Estridge, of Minety House, Minety, 

 Malmesbury, has in his possession and kindly sends 

 particulars of a hunting picture which was painted 

 by John N. Sartorius for his uncle who formerly 

 lived at Carshalton Park. Surrey. This work is 

 about 3 feet long by 2 feet 6 inches high ; in the 

 foreground two couple of hounds are killing their 

 fox, while another leaps a five-barred gate on the 

 right to join them ; in the immediate background 

 the huntsman is giving a " who-oop ! " as he leads 

 his horse down a steep bank. 



The Sportsman s Repository of the Horse and 

 Dog, by John Scott, published by Bohn, of York 

 Street, Covent Garden, in 1845, seventeen years 

 after the death of J. N. Sartorius, contains two 

 admirable plates by the famous engraver John 

 Scott, from pictures by this artist, viz., plate i, the 

 portraits of Eclipse and Shakespear ; plate 2, Flying 

 Childers and King Herod. On plate i is inscribed 

 under the portraits of Eclipse and Shakespear the 

 following : " Painted by J. N. Sartorius, after 

 drawing from the life of his father, published by 

 Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster Row, 

 January, 1820." Plate 2 has inscribed under the 

 portraits of King Herod and Flying Childers, 

 " Painted by J. N. Sartorius, the portrait of Herod 

 after a drawing from the life by his father and 

 Flying Childers, from the original picture by 



