FRANKLAND, Robert (1784-1849), attributed to

Lot 5
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Lot 5 | FRANKLAND, Robert (1784-1849), attributed to
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
FRANKLAND, Robert (1784-1849), attributed to

[Sporting Miseries. N.p., n.d., but probably London: c. 1806.]

Extremely rare, perhaps unique suite of prints, depicting various mishaps on shooting trips. The author, title and date are taken from the cover of the book, which we have been unable to trace. The prints are captioned in pencil as follows: 1. ‘Shooting miseries – All in the wrong’; 2. ‘A slight shock’; 3. ‘Courage cooled’; 4. ‘Innocent sport’; 5. ‘Queer feelings’; 6. ‘Within an inch.’ The attribution to Robert Frankland (1784-1849) seems correct, and this lot may be compared with Frankland’s other such work, Eight Representations of Shooting, 1813 (see Schwerdt I, p.186 and lot 8). Bobins V, 1629.



Quarto (315 x 265mm). 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates (c.180 x 220mm), captioned in pencil and window mounted (no text present, upper caption on first plate just trimmed, one or two light scattered spots, but overall in fine condition). Modern red half morocco, lettered on upper cover and spine ‘Frankland – Sporting Miseries – 1806’, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Harry Twyford Peters (1881-1948, American sportsman, sporting print collector and author; bookplate and gilt crest on upper cover; sold Sotheby’s 30 January 1961, lot 574) – Hans Dedi (1918-2016, German businessman; bookplate).





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