224, THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
received and shortly after a magnificent chest of silver arrived 
at Babraham with the compliments of the Emperor. 
In 1838 Mr. Wess cast his lot with Shorthorn cattle and bred 
them with an individuality all his own until his death in 1862. 
At this time some hundred and fifty animals were present in 
the herd and the dispersal brought prices ranging up to the 
$2,000 for the bull Lord Chancellor. Numbers were exported 
to Prussia, Austria and Australia, while some of his earlier 
breeding successes found future opportunity in America. 
Jonas WEBB was a man of impressive originality, and among 
a galaxy of long-sighted, broad visioned geniuses in Britain 
during the last century, he stands on his own merit, a most 
successful breeder and a most permanently constructive artisan. 
