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Perth in 1861, and first prize at Battersea in 1862 ; and the 

 first prize bull at Inverness in 1839. There are two por- 

 traits of Ayrshire cows, one being the famous Collyhill, 

 which won so many first prizes ; the other being Elizabeth, 

 winner of the first prize at Edinburgh in 1842. There is 

 also the portrait of an Ayrshire ox, exhibited by Sir Neil 

 Menzies, Bart., at Perth in 1829. 



There are a considerable number of portraits of West 

 Highland cattle. Amongst them is the first prize cow at 

 Inverness in 1839; first prize cow (and calf) at Perth in 

 1861 ; also a West Highland heifer, bred by Sir Neil 

 Menzies ; and a West Highland bull, the property of Mr 

 Malcolm of Poltalloch. The portraits of Highland oxen 

 include one of the first prize pair at Inverness in 1839 ; and 

 the first prize pairs at Perth in 1829 and at Inverness in 1831. 



There is one portrait of an animal of that extinct race, 

 the Fife breed. This is the four-year-old bull which won 

 the first prize at Edinburgh in 1842. 



Of portraits of Clydesdale stallions, one is winner of 

 the first prize at Aberdeen in 1840; and another is winner 

 of first prize at Dumfries in i860, and at Battersea in 1862. 

 There are also portraits of the Clydesdale mares which won 

 first prizes at Aberdeen in 1840, and at Dumfries in i860. 



In addition to these specimens of cattle and horses of 

 Scotch breeds, there are portraits of Hereford, Longhorn, 

 and Devon cattle, and of Suffolk and Cleveland stallions. 



The portraits of sheep include the first prize .Cheviot 

 tup at Aberdeen in 1 840, and the first prize Cheviot wether 

 at Edinburgh in 1842, the first prize blackfaced tup at Ber- 

 wick in 1 84 1, the first prize tup, ewe, and gimmer at Stirling 

 in 1873, the first prize Leicester tup at Berwick in 1841, 

 and the first prize Southdown tup at Dundee in 1843. 

 There are portraits of a Braemoray tup and ewe, painted 

 at Boyndlie House in 1845. 



Many of the foregoing portraits were painted by Mr 

 Gourlay Steell, R.S.A., animal painter to Her Majesty in 

 Scotland, and for forty years connected with the Society. 



