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by Sherwood, Neely and Jones, is "a series of 

 highly finished engravings by Scott, representing 

 the horse and the dog in all their varieties," from 

 the works of Benjamin Marshall : — The Wellesley 

 Arabian, the property of the Hon. Henry Welles- 

 ley ; the race-horse Eleanor, the property of Sir 

 Charles Bunbury, Bart. ; the hunter Duncombe, 

 the property of Mr. George Treacher ; Roan 

 Billy, the property of a gentleman ; The 

 Charger, the property of General Ward ; the 

 coach-horse David, the property of Mr. Henry 

 Villebois ; the cart-horse Dumbling, the property 

 of Messrs. Horn and Davey. 



The Songs of the Chase, the first and second 

 editions of which were published by Sherwood, 

 Neely and Jones, London, in 181 1, owed not a 

 litde of its attractiveness to the illustrations fur- 

 nished by Scott. The frontispiece is appropriate : 

 it is a portrait, by Benjamin Marshall, of Thomas 

 Gosden, and the title-page bears an emblematical 

 design suggestive of sports and games. Mr. 

 Gosden carried on his business at 18, Bedford 

 Street, Covent Garden. He was an enthusiastic 

 sportsman, well known in the hunting field and 

 also as a shot. He was the intimate friend of 

 Benjamin Marshall, John Scott, and other leading 

 men in the world of art. In a sense, Thomas 

 Gosden was himself an artist. His style of 



