R A paints portrait of a falcon . A commission to paint a bird is a novelty for R A although pictures of a horses and dogs are fairly common . Mr Algernon Talmage R A has just finished a portrait of Lord Howard de Wlden ' s favourite peregrine falcon Ruby . Lord Howard de Walden is one of the few men who still carry on the ancient sport of falconry 26 February 1932 30s, 30's, 1930s, 1930's, thirties, nineteen thirties