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A Fatal Discovery (Primary Title)
Sporting Discoveries; or The Miseries of Shooting (Series Title)

Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)

1820 or later?
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 in. (27.62 × 38.1 cm)
Plate: 9 × 11 3/4 in. (22.86 × 29.85 cm)
Image: 6 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (17.46 × 26.04 cm)
Other (matted): 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1302.3
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: A FATAL DISCOVERY. / Having flush'd a Bird suddenly on the side of a Hedge, you are obliged to turn sharp round / to get a Snap shot as it is swishing over the Gate; on the Smoke clearing away, you Discover / that the bird is in full flight, and that you have shot an Old Market Woman./ London, Published Feby. 1st. 1816, by, S & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 11" and "45" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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