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DEAN WOLSTENHOLME, Junior. 



(Born 1798. Died 1882.) 



"DORN near Waltham Abbey in Essex, on April 

 -*-' 21, 1798, this artist was the first-born of 

 his father. He inherited both the love of sport 

 and artistic gifts of his parent ; and he contrived 

 to indulge the former by following hounds in 

 Essex and Hertfordshire, while his talents were 

 directed and fostered by his father, who had 

 long made his own mark. From childhood the 

 younger Wolstenholme evinced the keenness for 

 sport, fox-hunting particularly, and the love of 

 animals which distinguished his sire. He was 

 always among horses and dogs ; and his affec- 

 tion for the former once led to a nasty mishap. 

 When about fourteen years of age, at Chelms- 

 ford, he had a piece bitten clean out of his cheek 

 by a vicious coach-horse. The piece was sewn in 

 by a surgeon, but he carried a conspicious scar all 

 his life. 



Very early in life he showed the love of 

 drawing which induced his father to teach him the 

 elements of his art ; and tuition in his father's 



