Gents Mag 1849 part 1 p.96

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1849 part 1 p.96 [con]tinue to be cherished by our children through many generations. Yesterday, being the day of his interment, it was observed at Ulverston by the tolling of the bells of the old church; and a blue ensign, half-pole high, waved over the cottage where he was born." There are three good portraits of Sir John Barrow. One by Jackson, which is in the possession of Mr. Murray of Albemarle-street, for whose father it was painted to form one of a collection which that gentleman made of the officers who commanded the expeditions to the Arctic regions. There is an excellent copy of this portrait in possession of Sir George Barrow, painted by Maclise, and a smaller copy by the same artist in in the possession of Mr. Barrow of the Admiralty. The second portrait alluded to was painted by Lucas, about three years ago, and it has been engraved in mezzotinto by G. T. Payne. The original was presented to the collection of portraits of Secretaries of the Admiralty in the official residence of the First Secretary. The third portrait was painted by Mr. Stephen Pearce, a very promising young artist, for Mr. Barrow. They are all of the kit-kat size.
	Kit-cat size is less than half length, but including the hands.
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