1840
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 16 3/8 in. (36.2 × 41.59 cm)
Image: 11 1/8 × 13 13/16 in. (28.26 × 35.08 cm)
Other (matted): 19 × 25 in. (48.26 × 63.5 cm)
85.1368.2
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed beneath image lower left: PAINTED BY F. C. TURNER. Printed beneath image lower right: THOS. FAIRLAND DELT. Printed beneath image in center: GROUSE SHOOTING./ (col. 1): With steady pace how they draw on, / And see how short that dog has turn'd; (col. 2): Almost a semicircle,--there he stands, / Upsprings the game,--resounds the well aim'd gun./ LONDON, PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM SPOONER, 377, STRAND, MAY 1, 1840. / Printed by Fairland, 45, St. John's Square. Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: c (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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