Marlow)". In 1773 he became a director of the society, and in 1774 president. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, London from 1786 until his death. He was elected an associate of the academy (ARA) in 1795, and Royal Academician (RA) in 1797. Gilpin married Elizabeth Broom; their son William Sawrey Gilpin (1762–1843) also became an artist, and in later life a landscape gardener. After his wife's death Gilpin lived in Bedfordshire with his friend Samuel Whitbread. He then returned to London and spent his last years with his daughters at Brompton, where he died on 8 March 1807. His pupils included John Warwick Smith and George Garrard. The latter married his eldest daughter Matilda. Works Many of his pictures of horses, dogs, and sporting scenes were engraved, notably The Death of the Fox (Royal Academy, 1788), engraved by John Scott (1774–1827); and Heron-Hawking (Society of Artists, 1780), engraved by Thomas Morris (fl. 1780-1800). He also made some etchings of horses and cattle, and made many illustrations for the works, both published and unpublished, of his brother William. His portrait is included in the series of drawings by George Dance (1741–1821), engraved by William Daniell, and now in the National Portrait Gallery. There are works by Gilpin in the collections of the Courtauld Institute of Art, Tate Britain, and the Royal Academy, in London and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Gallery References Further reading Cross, David A., Sawrey Gilpin R.A. : Rival of Stubbs, Armitt Library Journal, Ambleside, vol. 1 1998 pp. 64–85 Gilbey, Sir Walter. Animal painters of England from the year 1650, volume 1 (London : Vinton & Co., 1900) p190 ff. External links Sawrey Gilpin online (ArtCyclopedia) Paintings by Gilpin in British public collections Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections 1733 births 1807 deaths 18th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists 18th-century English painters 19th-century English painters People from Carlisle, Cumbria English male painters English illustrators Equine artists Royal Academicians