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A Common 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 13/16 × 15 in. (27.46 × 38.1 cm)
Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (22.54 × 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)
85.1302.2
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: A COMMON DISCOVERY. / Having lost your Dog, notwithstanding the great distress your Lungs suffer'd in roaring / and Whistling, you catch a slight glimpse of him in a distant Field, on reaching the spot, you / not only Discover, that he has killed a fine Lamb, but is actually making a hearty meal of his Carcass./ London, Published Feby. 1st. 1816, by S & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 11A" and "43" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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