174 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



painted on a small scale on canvas, parchment, 

 or on stout paper, numerous portraits of race- 

 horses, which, from the peculiar style followed, 

 possess exceptional value as items of early turf 

 history. Each portrait bore the name of the horse, 

 his pedigree and performances, and particulars 

 concerning the owner. EnCTravincfs from these 

 were published by Thomas Butler, in his Por- 

 traitures of Horses, which appeared in 1754, two 

 years after Seymour's death. 



He painted a portrait of Sudbury, which was 

 engraved, and published by T. Bradford, of 132, 

 Fleet Street, size of plate, 17I by 14^ inches. The 

 engraving bears the following inscription : — " Sud- 

 bury was for the justness of his shape the most 

 beautiful and without doubt the best Horse of his 

 size at that time in the Kingdom." 



Another horse-portrait, that of Torrismond, bred 

 by Mr. John Crofts, was also engraved, and 

 was published by T. Bradford, size of plate, 18} 

 by 14 inches. Neither of these works bears the 

 name of the engraver. 



Seymour painted, among other hunting pieces, 

 a set of four pictures entitled " Fox-hunting." 

 These were engraved by J. Roberts, the plates 

 measuring each \o\ inches deep by 14 inches wide. 

 They are entitled respectively: (i) Going out in 

 the Morning ; (2) Brushing into Cover ; (3) In 



