The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-02 00:00:00

TII E BEAUFORT HUNT.

There de at present on view in the galleries of
Mewl.. Dickenson an.l Pinter. New Bondistreet, •
'oil:Hint which to the lovers of the noblest of our
nstional op ins. mos prove of genuine in seed- The
oicture the diva of which was conceived by Mr.
F wter ...me six years ago. and has oc.upied three
yews in painting—represents • meet of the Beaufort
Hunt at Bedminton, the reel lend e of the noble
president. near hippenbarn. 're. treatment of the
subject is einzulerly happy. the grclilo4 of the 150
figures which fill a canvas lift. by 61t 61n , displaying
• Lantos and ju lenient not always evamed even In wine
very ambition. Ir. formences of tine kind. Here we
have a large multitinie which is not • nib, nor Tot
an array of lay fieuree, but a natural repremotaUre
gatheiing, in which the artist ti ci. with U 2 tt true art
which cortical. it secret brousht into prominence the
personeges if chief to:ninon* Frotn the leaden
heaviness .4 the broken clou Is, thrinigh the rents in
which glimpses ate caught of a pale like sky, se well
ea the sere and yellow aspect of the foliage, it Is clear
that the particular Meet here pourtrayed wee held
in the late autumn or the early winter. In the back
gniund steads the mansion, fluke! and faced by
stately utk, and beech and chestnut trees, the
growth of age.; whist in front are the members if the
Hunt—all excellent likenestass, painted from sittings
of the originals at the studios of the strait by whom
the painting is now being exhibited. Amongst those
groups will be recognised many fee, familiar, not
only to frequenters of the bunting bell, but also to
thoae who witness, season after season, the Meetings
of the u3embers of the Fourdtoliend and Coaching
Clubs at the Magesine in Hyde Park. First and
form:met, if c tune,, there is the Duke of Ileaufot,
mounted on Ids favourite grey. Claud* Duval, an.
Immediately in front is a pony carriage containing the
Duchess, by whose side is seated her grace's grand.
child, Lord Tyrone, an of the Marquis of Waterford.
Awing.% the other familiar facie, are the Matqola of
Worcester (Who takes hi. (ether's place am muter of
the bunt), riding his magnificent chestnut, Rouge
Dragon, f. which his lotdship is stated to have
refuted 700 guineas; Lord Arthur Somerset, on
Nimble Nod, the well-known black, wearing a star on
hie forehead ; Lady Emily Singsoote, whose powerful
cheenut is no stranger to the Hunt; Mr. 8.. S.
Holford, of Parkdane, and hie daughter, the Countess
Morley; the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire'
, Lord
Howth ; the Ma:chime= of Waterford; Colonel
Miles; Visconnt and Lady Folkestone; the Earl of
Ffardwicke ; Viscountess Duncan; and 31r. G. B. B.
Estcourt, SIP. for North Wilts. A novel feature
will be observed in all the members of the Somerset
family being fin nished with a small hatchet attached
to their saddle., meant to enable them to clew away
unusual impedimenta. The horses and hounds (the
latter numbering eixteen couples) are painted by Mr.
Wheeler, of g•th. The colouring of the whole
picture, taking into anisideration that scarlet is
rigidly excluded from the Beaufort Hunt uniform, Is
sufficiently bright, the buff waistetsits of the ladies
contrasting agreeably with their blue liabit•