I have to agree with Roy as to Thorburn being the best. I recall this painting called the Lost Stag http://www.paintinghere.com/painting/the_lost_stag_12309.html when it was in the gallery in Cornwall. Looking at the original it is so lifelike that it raises the hairs on the back of the neck. Thorburn could paint birds like no other, his deer were spot on but his other mammals just did not hit the mark. Lagopus.....