print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1859,0316.177
- Title
- Object: Preparing for a Duel.
- Description
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A man in hunting costume aims a pistol at very close range at a goose (left) suspended from a pole. His second pistol is in his left hand. Behind him (right) on an upturned tub, sits a friend in gaiters, staring anxiously, and awkwardly holding a pistol and powder-flask. Both have an air of rusticity. There is a pleasant landscape background. 7 June 1824.
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1824
- Dimensions
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Height: 132 millimetres
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Width: 174 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', X, 1952)
Cf. No. 14910.
A signed pencil study of a duellist is seemingly not for this plate, 1891,1117.127 (Binyon, i. 288. Pressmark 199. c. 1/127.)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0316.177
