Practice [graphic]Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850, printmaker[not before 1827]eng"An enthusiastic young man practising fencing at a target on a door, accidentally having pierced the door and struck a servant behind it, whose tea tray falls to the floor; another young man playing a flute at a table looks over in surprise; a fencing book lying on the floor, sporting prints or other pictures on the wall behind, including two of a black and a white boxer."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.312.One of a series of "Arithmetic" plates by Henry Heath, some of which have William Cole's July 1827 imprint in lower left. This is perhaps a later state with imprint burnished from plate.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.