THE ROYAL ACADEMICIAN. 



N 1 83 1 Landseer, now an Academician, exhibited five pictures in the 

 g-allery of the Society : " Interior of a Highlander's House," 

 " Poachers Deer-stalking," " Little Red Riding-hood," " The 

 Poacher's Bothy," and " Poacher and Red Deer." " Little Red 

 Riding- hood" is a gem : the well-known story of childhood was never 

 more beautifully illustrated. " The Pets," sent to the Academy in the following year, 

 with " Hawking," would make an excellent companion to " Red Riding-hood." It 

 represents a little girl greeting a favourite fawn in a woody pathway. The com 

 position is very elegant. " Hawking" is a large picture, and is now in the possession, 

 I believe, of Mr. Mendel, of Cressbrook, Derbyshire. 



In 1833 he exhibited three very attractive pictures: "Jack in Office," "Deer 

 and Hounds in a Torrent," to both of which reference will be made hereafter; and 

 " Sir Walter Scott," among his favourite dogs. Sir Walter is seated at the bottom of 

 the " Rhymer's Glen," so called from having been the scene of the meetings between 

 Thomas of Erceldoune, the " Rhymer," and the Fairy Queen, as described in the 

 ballad of "Thomas the Rhymer" in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Scott's 

 canine companions are " Maida," a stag-hound, presented to him by Glengarry; 

 "Ginger," a yellow terrier; and " Spice," a black terrier; both descended "of 

 Dandie Dinmont's family of " Pepper" and " Mustard." 



There was another picture in the gallery of the Academy which must not be passed 

 over, though Landseer was but a sharer in the honour of its production : still his share 

 was a large one. "Harvest in the Highlands" was the joint work of Sir A. W. 

 Callcott and Landseer ; the former painting the landscape, and the latter the figures 

 and animals. It passed into the hands of Mr. S. Cartwright, F.R.S., who permitted 



