394 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST 
his lap; the “Entrapped Otter” again did duty by 
bringing him twenty-five pounds, while others returned 
from seven to thirty-five pounds. At a later time the 
artist visited the “Zoological Gallery,” as the Havell 
establishment in Newman Street was then known, and 
saw Audubon’s large paintings called “The Eagle and 
the Lamb,” and “English Pheasants Surprised by a 
Spanish Dog” or “Sawve qui peut.” Audubon, who 
on this occasion missed seeing his distinguished visitor, 
had written in his journal three days before (December 
23, 1828) that the paintings were what he called “‘fin- 
ished,” but that, as usual, he could not bear to look at 
either. Sir Thomas praised the “Eagle,” admired an 
“Otter,” which was later exhibited in London, but gave 
no opinion on the “Pheasants.” Afterwards, however, 
when Audubon proposed to present this canvas to King 
George, the artist assured him that this picture was 
worth 300 guineas and that it was too good to be given 
away; if offered to the King, no doubt, said he, “it 
would be accepted and placed in his collections, but you 
would receive no benefit from the gift.” According to 
a later record, this canvas was sold to Mr. John Hep- 
penstall of Sheffield; whether it was ever delivered, or 
not, I do not know, but either the original or a copy, 
here reproduced, now forms the central figure in the 
large Audubon collection in the American Museum of 
Natural History in New York, and is an excellent illus- 
tration of the elaborate and ambitious character of 
Audubon’s larger compositions. These fortunate wind- 
falls came none too soon, for to follow the journal: 
Mr. Havell had already called to say that on Saturday I 
must pay him sixty pounds. I was then not only not worth a 
penny, but had actually borrowed five pounds a few days be- 
fore to purchase materials for my pictures. But these pic- 
