COLLECTION OF PICTURES. 537 



This portrait, which was executed by Mr Gourlay Steell, 

 R.S.A., in 1866, by desire of the Society, represents Mr 

 Hall Maxwell on horseback in Edinburgh showyard, with 

 an accompanying group of animals. Besides a portrait of 

 Mr John Knox, first honorary member of the Society, there 

 are engraved portraits of the second Duke of Sutherland, 

 President from 1837 to 1841, and of Sir Neil Menzies of 

 Menzies, Bart., honorary secretary from July 1838 till his 

 death in August 1844. Nor should we omit to mention a 

 marble bust of Mr Gilbert Innes of Stow, treasurer to the 

 Society from July 18 14 till his death in 1832. This bust, 

 which was presented to the Society in 1843, is considered 

 an excellent likeness, highly creditable to the artist, Mr 

 Thomas Campbell. 



On the walls of the hall, besides the above portraits, 

 there are pictures of a number of remarkable animals which 

 have won prizes at the Society's shows. Among Short- 

 horns there is a representation of the bull Belleville, which 

 won first prize at Inverness in 1846, and which, in 1850, 

 at Glasgow, won the sweepstake, entitling him to be re- 

 garded as ' the best bull of his time.' Another portrait of 

 a famous Shorthorn is Mr Booth's cow. Bracelet, which 

 carried the first prize at Berwick in 1841. This portrait 

 was painted at Killerby by Mr Percy Forster, Kelso, in 1841. 

 There is also the portrait of a Shorthorn ox which gained 

 the first premium in his class at Edinburgh in 1842, when he 

 was shown by Mr Dudgeon, Humbie, West Lothian. 



Of Polled Angus, there is a portrait of a cow belonging 

 to Mr Walker, Portlethen, which was painted in 1843 by Mr 

 Gourlay Steell. There is also the portrait of an ox of the 

 same breed, also painted by Mr Gourlay Steell. Of Gallo- 

 ways, there is the bull ' Squire Dacre,' winner of the first 

 prize at Dumfries in 1870. There is also an ox, described 

 as the Beltie Ox, from his having a white band round his 

 girth, which was shown by Mr Patrick Dudgeon of Cargen 

 at Dumfries in 1870, and highly commended. 



Of Ayrshires there are many portraits, including the 

 first prize bull at Glasgow in 1 844 ; the first prize bull at 



