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two hawks on his glove, one hooded, the other pulling at a 

 partridge apparently just killed. At Anderson's side, between 

 him and his master's horse, stands a famous pointer ; while before 

 him, in characteristic attitudes, are four spaniels, which were 

 always used for woodcock hawking. To the right an assistant 

 falconer, George Harvey, seated on a felled tree, carries on his 

 glove a cast of spare hawks. 



John Anderson was so renowned as a professional falconer 

 that a few lines relative to his career may be acceptable. He was 

 born about 1750 in the parish of Currie, near Edinburgh, and 

 was at first apprenticed to a currier ; but his love of hawking 

 becoming known, he was engaged by Mr. Fleming of Barochan 

 as assistant to John Hainshaw, who was then head-falconer. 

 He lived to succeed Hainshaw, and then had for his assistant 

 Peter Ballantine (see Plate XH.), who became almost as 

 renowned a falconer as himself. On Mr. Fleming's death in 

 18 1 9 he was engaged by the Earl of Morton at Dalmahoy, and 

 on the occasion of the coronation of George IV. in 1820 

 he was selected on behalf of the Duke of Athole to present the 

 King with a cast of hawks, that being the feudal tenure by which 

 the Dukes of Athole held the Isle of Man from the Crown. 



There is a scarce print of Anderson in the dress worn by him 

 on that occasion — namely, a dress of the period of James I., with 

 a cast of hawks on his glove. It has been lately reproduced by 

 M. Pichot (No. 221). 



After spending some time in the service of Sir Alexander 

 Donne of Ochiltree, Anderson in 1832 retired upon a pension, 

 in the eighty-second year of his age. 



The engraving of which a reduced facsimile is here given was 

 made from the original oil painting by Howe preserved at 

 Barochan, and is dedicated to Sir John Maxwell of Pollock, 

 Bart., who was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the 

 Renfrewshire Subscription Hawks, and who had in his own 

 service as falconer, William Barr, the father of William, John, and 

 Robert Barr, all of whom were skilled falconers. 



A memoir of John Barr by the present writer (a pupil of his), 

 in The Field of the 17th July 1880, supplies some interesting 

 links in the history of Falconry between the period above referred 

 to and the present time. Another link is supplied by Mr. 

 Freeman's memoir of John Pells, who was falconer to the Duke 



