of draw-ing and fidelity to life ; he possessed in a degreethat has been rarely exceeded the gift of seizingthe characteristic pose or attitude of birds, andbetrays a knowledge of their ways of life andhabits that only a careful student of nature canacquire. Notwithstanding the nicety of touch… … STEPHEN ELMER. A.R.A. I 53 the list of his contributions to the Royal Academy ;thus, in 1777 he exhibited The Politician (after-wards engraved by T. Ryder), and in 1785Avarice. The Miser, engraved by B. Granger,was another of the same class ; but studies of birds,noticeably pheasants, partridges…
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