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pains bestowed by the artist on these works is 

 proved by the numberless sketches of costume, 

 horse-furniture, appointments, &c., contained in the 

 books now in possession of his son. He spent a 

 vast amount of time at museums and elsewhere, 

 searching out details of dress, &c., for these 

 pictures. So full of the undertaking was his mind 

 that on one occasion he rose from his bed, dressed 

 himself in his sleep and went upstairs to his studio ; 

 he did not awake until he actually had palette and 

 brushes in hand. Similar cases of somnambulism 

 have been recorded. 



Dean Wolstenholme exhibited for the last time 

 in the year 1859, when he sent a picture to the 

 British Institution, but he continued to paint until 

 within a very short time of his death. "Shetland 

 Ponies and Sheep " was painted when he was 

 eighty years of age, and other works, hunting and 

 coaching scenes, came from his easel during the 

 remaining years of his life. 



He was a great pigeon-fancier, his speciality 

 being the variety known as the "Almond Tumbler," 

 which he brought to a high state of perfection. 

 The illustrations for Eaton's Book on Pigeons were 

 drawn and engraved on steel by him. He also 

 executed portraits of numerous prize birds, many 

 of which he engraved in life size. A set of these, 

 printed in colours, fourteen in number may be seen 

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