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Grouse Shooting, The Right Sort (Primary Title)
Comparative Sporting (Series Title)

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

19th century
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 11 3/4 × 12 15/16 in. (29.85 × 32.86 cm)
Image: 8 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (21.27 × 27.31 cm)
85.1299.1
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: COMPARATIVE SPORTING. Printed beneath image lower left:H. ALKEN, Del. et Sculp. Printed beneath image in center: Published by Alken, 15, Southampton Row, New Road, Edgware Road./ GROUSE SHOOTING, / THE RIGHT SORT./ [left column]: We will beat through the Glen / and over the Hill, then for a / bit of Cake and a drink./ [right column]: I think young Gentleman we / have done pretty well for Six Hours, / upwards of Twenty brace. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "447" (in circle) and "13 / 11/1" (struck through); upper right: "HRH 14 / 33" and "142"; in center: "1"; lower left: "11."
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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