144 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



printed in colours. A picture of " Bay Malton 

 beating King Herod at Newmarket, 1767," in this 

 collection is attributed to John F. Sartorius ; if 

 correctly, the work was no doubt a copy of that 

 painted by Francis Sartorius and referred to on a 

 previous page as having been long in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Richard Tattersall. 



There are many engravings in the volumes of 

 the Sporting Magazine from 1805 to 1827. During 

 this period, however, John N. Sartorius was also a 

 constant contributor, and it is not always possible 

 to distinguish with absolute certainty between 

 the works of father and son. The similarity of 

 subjects chosen, the fact that many plates are 

 signed "Sartorius" without initials, the fact that 

 John Scott was the engraver of the works of 

 both father and son, and the extreme probability 

 that the senior lent frequent aid to the junior 

 in " touching up " and improving his pictures, 

 thereby investing them with something of his 

 own individuality, in some cases combine to render 

 the task of discriminating between the two prac- 

 tically hopeless. 



John F. was only an occasional exhibitor at 

 the Royal Academy ; between the years 1 802 

 and 1829 his contributions numbered sixteen. If 

 his offerings were not always accepted by the 

 Hanging Committee he only shared the fate of 



