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Shooting: Verse 1 (Primary Title)

after, Dean Wolstenholme, the elder, English, 1757 - 1837 (Artist)
Dean Wolstenholme the younger, English, 1798 - 1882 (Engraver)

1819
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Aquatint with traces of etching, printed in color and hand-colored on wove paper
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed to platemark): 8 13/16 × 10 3/4 in. (22.38 × 27.31 cm)
Image: 6 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (16.83 × 24.77 cm)
85.1291.1
Not on view
Before hand-coloring, a plate was used to print an overall tone that extends beyond the image into the title area.
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by D. Wolstenholme. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by D. Wolstenholme Junr. Printed beneath image in center: SHOOTING. / Verse 1. / London, Published Novr. 1,1819, by R. Ackerman, 101, Strand. Printed in lower margin on left: "Now, while above that range of hills, / The morn a bright'ning gleam distils; / I seize the gun and call around"; lower right: "The eager pointers--just unbound-- / Swift--for a time--they dash away, / Too wild--too high of spirit to obey." Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH, Vol.5, p. 14/1" and "5 / 14".
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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