2 llECOVEIiV, Ax\D MR. M. C. WYATT. 



Recovery is now the property of Messrs. Tattersall, of 

 Hyde Park Corner, and stands at their farm, " The Willesden 

 Paddocks,'" on the Edgeware Road. And now, no doubt, 

 our readers are at a loss to know why we should have selected 

 him to lead our string of " Cracks" — but we will soon explain. 



An Equestrian statue having been finally determined to 

 be the fittest subject for "The Wellington Testimonial," and 

 the execution of the group entrusted to the taste and skill of 

 Mr. Wyatt ; he, after looking long in vain for any horse of 

 such proportionate beauties as should be pleasing to the 

 common eye, without offending the severe taste of the classic; 

 declared at last that such rare qualities were only to be found 

 united in the shape and symmetry of limb displayed by the 

 subject of this memoir. Recovery having therefore been 

 modelled from measurements taken by the artist himself, is 

 destined to associate his name, however humbly, with the 

 fame of Wellington — and to play a conspicuous part in 

 the perfection of this honourable testimonial of a nation's 

 gratitude to one to whom his country owes so much. 



We here boldly enter the Lists with the talented artist, 

 and give our friends a design of our own for 



TIIF. VVI-.I.LINGTON STATUE. 



