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Excerpt from Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and Architects, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Vol. 2 of 2: Interspersed With Original Anecdotes
He studied those animals after na ture; and with exceeding care ob served all their motions, actions, and different attitudes, till he designed them with great readiness, and with such a character of truth, that he gained the reputation of being a good painter in that particular style. - Houb.
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