Show The Painters Painter's Dog Doe Mrs Ritchie the daughter of or Wit Wil Wllliam William liam Makepeace Thackeray the English Eng lish novelist writes of at visits when she was a child chIllI to Sir Edwin Landseer the animal painter She says Sir Edwin was delightful company and that he heit it told the children many stories of ot animals an an- animals as he stood painting at his huge canvases I remember she says his telling us an anecdote atone of at one of ot his his- dogs lie He was In the habit of ot taking him out every day when his work was over o The dog used to wait walt patiently all day long while Sir Edwin was painting but he lie used to come com and lie down at his feet teet and look up In his taco faco toward five o'clock and on one occasion finding that no notice was taken of at his hints he trotted Into the hall and came back with the painters painter's hat which bIch he laid at his feet |