Show the tha painters painter dog mrs ritchie the daughter of william wililam makepeace thackeray the eng en lish novelist novell st writes of visits when she was a child to sir edwin landseer the tb animal painter she says sir edwin and that be b was delightful company told the children many stories ot of animals as he stood painting at ill his huge canvases 1 I remember the she says eoys his telling us ua an anecdote ot 01 one of bis dogs lie ile was la in the habit babit of taking him out every day when bla 1111 work was waa over tte dog used to wait patiently nil day long iong while bile sir edwin rawle used to come slid and was painting but he lie ile down don at his feet and look up in his face ace toward five 0 clock and on one occasion finding that no notice WM was taken of his hints he trotted in into to the file hall and came hack back with the pala painters hat which be laid at his feet |