Shooting: Verse 3 (Primary Title)
after, Dean Wolstenholme, the elder, English, 1757 - 1837 (Artist)
Dean Wolstenholme the younger, English, 1798 - 1882 (Engraver)
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 3. / London, Published Novr. 1,1819, by R. Ackerman, 101, Strand. Printed in lower margin on left: "How well they back! how fine they point! / The head turn'd short, and fixt each joint, / I'll take thebirds upon this side,"; lower right: "The covey rises! scatt'ring wide. / Dead! see the feathers to the right! / Mark, mark, among the beans three brace alight." Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH, Vol.5, p. 14/3" and "5 / 14".
Paul Mellon Collection
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