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(11) Hare Hunting, a dead hare with two dogs on right 

 and left, on the branch of a tree perches a jay. 



(12) Hawking in Wimpole Park; the Countess of Oxford 

 in scarlet-and-gold liabit attended by running footmen in 

 blue-and-white liveries. A central group of a clergyman, 

 gentleman and falconer, all on horseback. Below a hill other 

 falconers on horseback and several spaniels : 7 feet i inch by 

 10 feet. 



(13) Landscape: in foreground a lady in an open carriage 

 drawn by six horses, with an outrider and mounted groom 

 with led horse. To the left a party of gentlemen and 

 horse led by groom : 45 inches by 50 inches. 



(14) Casey, the Countess of Oxford's black-and-white 

 spaniel, on a crimson velvet cushion : 50 inches by 40 inches. 



The present Duke of Beaufort possesses many 

 of Wootton's works. In the front hall at Badminton 

 are five large pictures: "A Stag Hunt," painted 

 before the artist's visit to Rome ; " Hunting on 

 Salisbury Plain," with a view of Stonehenge in the 

 distance ; " Hunting on Salisbury Plain," with a 

 view of Netheravon House ; " Newmarket from 

 the Cambridge side of the Ditch," and the race 

 horse Gripe, being rubbed down after winning 

 a race. The last-named work, which is dated 1 734, 

 contains portraits of the third Duke, his brother, 

 and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, who stands by 

 looking on. 



Two important pictures by Wootton may be seen 

 in the long corridor at Windsor Castle ; these are 

 large canvases representing the Royal Buckhounds 

 hunting in Windsor Forest with many horsemen. 



