104 The Official Guide to the 
The riame of Ladbrooke is a well-known one in 
Norwich. A portrait in water colour of ROBERT 
LaDBROOKE (b. 1770, d. 1842), by WaGEMAN, will 
be found near the west door of the gallery. There is 
nothing by Robert Ladbrooke himself exhibited, but the 
“HEAD OF A BLOODHOUND,” after Landseer, by his 
son, Henry LADBROOKE, of Lynn (b. 1800, d. 1869), 
hangs at the other end of the west wall ; and ‘‘ POLLARD 
Oaks,” a characteristic work by J. B. LADBROOKE (b. 
1803, d. 1879), another son, whose life was chiefly — 
spent in Norwich, is on the opposite wall near the 
south end of the room. These painters, it may be 
mentioned, were related to Crome. | 
In the centre of the group of water colours on the 
north wall is ‘‘WHITLINGHAM Reacu,” a beautiful 
example of the work of Joun THIRTLE (b. 1777, d. 
1839). . Another fine water colour by Thirtle, 
**DILHAM STAITHE,” hangs a little to the left of the 
central picture. In this view a rainbow is intro- 
duced, “‘NoRWICH FROM MoUSEHOLD” *anda 
VIEW ON THE RIVER WENSuUM,” as it flows by King 
Street, are also by Thirtle; one hanging above and 
one to the right of the centre. 
“GATEWAY AND CatTT Le,” by Henry Ninuam (b. 
1793, d. 1874), hangs by the doorway on the east wall. 
‘Ki FFECT AFTER Rain,” by HENRY BRIGHT (b. 1810, 
d. 1873), a small picture on the line, at the south end 
of the east wall. 
“SUNSHINE AND SHADE, Ivy BRIDGE, SOUTH 
Devon,” by JoHN MIDDLETON (b. 1827, d. 1856). 
Middleton was first a pupil of J. B. Ladbrooke and 
afterwards of Bright. 
“TrFLEY MILL, OxForD,” by ALFRED PRIEsT (b. 
1810, d. 1850). Near the south end of the east wall is 
this effective picture, the work of Alfred Pnest, who 
began life as a sailor and ended it as an artist. ‘There 
