96 Life and Times of " The Druid." 



back is taking the tally as the widow brings 

 up her bin to be measured. 



"At that time Mr. Herring painted in his 

 dining-room, which was hung all round with 

 prints from his works, of which ' Distin- 

 guished Members of the Temperance 

 Society ' was the premier. It is there that 

 he loved to grapple with the Giant Fore- 

 shortening, who has given the cross-buttock 

 to so many, flinging him in picture after 

 picture. Leading lines have always been his 

 great guide for perspective, and he invariably 

 works from left to right. His great racing 

 pictures were generally got by the aid of a 

 sketch-book, with ideal horses, which a few 

 strokes from life at the post convert into 

 portraits. Of Vision he had no sight at all, 

 but sketched her years after her death, 

 merely from the description of Will Beres- 

 ford, who pronounced the likeness perfect. 

 All the elder heroes arrested my attention as 

 I turned from a gigantic Dutchman* in full 

 gallop and scanned the oil treasures of his 

 portfolio. Sultan was there, with his beauti- 

 ful Arab head and dish nose, not more 



* Now in the Earl of Rosebery's collection at The Durdans. 



