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ing Refuge in the Church " were companion works. 



These two pictures were engraved by his son, Dean 



Wolstenholme, Junr., the plates measuring 17 inches 



by 13 inches, and were pubhshed by R. Ackermann. 



A representative example of his work is the 



picture entitled " Lord's Wood, Leading Roding, 



Essex," which was painted in 1820. The portraits 



are those of Mr. G. M. Box on Grey Pilot, and 



Mr. W. H. Box on Sally, the hounds belonging to 



the Essex Hunt, so many years hunted by the then 



well known master, Mr. John Conyers, of Copt Hall, 



Essex. Underneath the picture are the lines from 



Somerville's Chase : — 



" Hark ! on the drag I hear 

 Their doubtful notes, preluding to a cry 

 More nobly full, and swelled with every mouth. 

 As struggling armies, at the trumpet's voice, 

 Press to their standard, hither all repair, 

 And hurry through the woods with hasty step. 

 Rustling and full of hope." 



Wolstenholme did but little work after the 



year 1826; nearly all the pictures after this date 



signed " Dean Wolstenholme " are the work of 



his son, whose touch so closely resembled his that 



it is difficult to distinguish the work of each. 



Mr. Dean Wolstenholme, grandson of the artist 



with whose labours we are presently concerned, 



has indicated two points of dissimilarity which 



may in some cases help to determine the painter 



of a picture bearing the name. The elder Wol- 



