Although not many animal paintings by Sin Yun-bok 申潤福 are extant, his realistic and vivid depiction does not fail to display his outstanding skill. The major subjects were dogs, cats, roosters, and hawks. In these paintings Sin Yun-bok's delicate and exquisite brushwork, similar to that used in the depiction of human figures in his genre paintings, is visible. In the famous Haew?n Album 蕙園傳神帖 (National Treasure 135), only three leafs, Love scene, Spring in the Backyard ?婦耽春, Youth Admiring Spring 年少踏靑, and A Lady Visiting a Temple 聞鐘尋寺, have animals depicted in the scene. Of the three, two show horses as a means of transportation. In the Love scene, one finds sparrows and dogs, while the so-called Travel Screen 行旅風俗屛 in the National Museum has hawks.*br* A Dog Barking at the Moon 蘿月不吠 in Kansong Art Museum can be compared with sketchs by Yi Hi-y?ng 李喜英 (1758-180l) where dogs are lyrically yet realistically presented. The trees are depicted in a simple manner in the upper part of the painting; a seated dog in the lower part is as if modeled after a real dog. The Cat and Dog 猫犬圖 in the Ewha Womens University Museum shows the encounter of a cat and a dog manifesting the tense between the two creatures. This painting is not big in size, but delivers a lyrical mood. The way the rocks and the trees are depicted resembles the strong naturalism of Kim Hong-do 金弘道 (1745-1806?).*br* Such similarity is more conspicuous in the Pine Tree and Hawk in the Chos?n Art Museum in North Korea. Hawks were a favorite subject since the beginning of Chos?n period, and in the later period Ch?ng Hong-rae 鄭弘來 (1720-?) created a standard type. Sin Yun-bok's hawk painting shows close resemblance to that of Sim Sa-j?ng 沈師正 (1707-1769) and Ch'oi Puk 崔北(l712-1786?) in the manner of depiction and composition. Two Roosters is noteworthy for being inscribed with the date. Banana Trees and Birds 蕉石飛禽 in a private collection once again shows close affinities with Kim Hong-do in the brushwork and even more dignified expression than literati painting. In this aspect, the eight-fold screen Love-birds 蓮塘鴛鴦 in Kansong Art Museum is also notable. The lyrical mood expressed in these paintings shows Sin Yun-bok's middle-class background and highly refined literary taste.