London sportsmen shooting flying [graphic].

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Title: London sportsmen shooting flying [graphic].
Contributor: Davison, William, 1780-1858, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1812 and 1817]
Publication Place: Alnwick
Publisher: Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Abstract: Two 'cits' are shown out for a day's sport in the countryside. One is rather thin and fashionably dressed, while the other is an older, fat John Bull type. The younger man leaps a low fence, firing his rifle at a flight of birds, his clipped poodle leaping beside him. His fat companion stands on the far side of a ow stile, gun in hand, an eager bulldog at his side; he tries to catch his hat which his friend has knocked off
Description: Title etched below image.
Date based on range of years in which Davison produced caricatures. See: Isaac, Peter. Some Alnwick caricatures. Wylam : Allenholme Press, 1965.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
A copy in reverse of Gillray's print "Cockney-sportsmen shooting flying", published 12 November 1800. Cf. No. 9597 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Jenny Tudor Pictures; February 2019.
Extent: 1 print :
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England Alnwick 1812
Material: etching ; plate mark 15.9 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 17.6 x 25.5 cm and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dogs
Game bird hunting
Rifles
Fences
Subjects: Dogs
Game bird hunting
Rifles
Fences
England > 1812
England > Alnwick > 1812

Access: Public
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