
The Shot (Primary Title)
Field Sports and Pastimes (Series Title)
After, Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed above image in center: FIELD SPORTS & PASTIMES. Printed above image upper right: Pl. 3. Printed beneath image lower left: B.T. Esqr. Delt. [Ben Tally-ho, pseudonym for Alken]. Printed beneath image in center: The Shot. / "That like a Pig" each cried in Scoff, / Pshaw! nonsense! Blockheads! Off, Off, Off"!-- / London. Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. [paper thinned, possibly scraped to remove data, probably date]. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 3; on verso in center: "HRH 12 / 30A" and "101".
Paul Mellon Collection
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