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in tlie course of conversation the artist asked 

 liim Ms reason for wishing to see it. He re- 

 plied, that he had never seen a picture of a 

 whole Hunt before. Ferneley replied, ^^ That 

 is very likely, for there never was but one of 

 a whole Hunt ever painted." Mr. Smith in- 

 quired where that one could be seen, and was 

 told that if he would go, when in London, to 

 Watson's in Yere-street, he would there see 

 a picture containing the likenesses of all the 

 men belonging to the Hampshire Hunt, which 

 had been painted by a Mr. Smith, and was 

 then being engraved by Turner, rerneley 

 added that he had taken other artists to see 

 the picture, and they had all agreed it was the 

 first attempt that had ever been made to paint 

 a whole Hunt, and this had led him to under- 

 take the picture he had then in hand. This 

 was flattering news for his visitor ; and he has 

 since seen the example that he thus set fol- 

 lowed with regard to several other Hunts. 

 After seeing Ferneley 's picture, Mr. Smith 



