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full Chase, and (4) The Death of the Fox. The 

 second of the series, " Brushing into Cover," re- 

 produced from an old engraving, faces page 168. 



The original painting is in the possession of 

 Herbert Penning, Esq., of Bedford. Mr. Penning 

 has personal interest in this old picture, as it is 

 stated that the huntsman on the grey is a portrait 

 of his great grandfather, who was a clergyman. 

 The whips carried by these old-time sportsmen 

 will be noticed, resembling as they do short-stocked 

 coach-whips. 



The original pen-and-ink sketch by the artist, 

 which is reproduced overleaf, betrays knowledge 

 of equine anatomy ; it also shows Seymour's gift 

 of touching in horses and men with a few lines. 

 From the memoranda it appears that this was the 

 drawing from which a painting was to be made. 



A work entitled Race and Saddle Horses Past 

 and Present, which was published by Thomas 

 Hookham, London, in 1836, contains among its 

 eighteen plates three from pictures by Seymour : 

 one of Mr. Charles Pelham's Old Partner, with 

 his jockey, at exercise ; a portrait of Sudbury, 

 foaled 1734, also with his jockey at e.\ercise ; and 

 "A Racehorse being Dressed." Mr. P. H. Taun- 

 ton's Portraits of Celebrated Race-horses from 

 1705 contains several reproductions from Sey- 

 mour's works. Several of his cattle pieces and 



