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RICHARD DOYLE (British, 1824-1883)

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RICHARD DOYLE (British, 1824-1883)

The Last American Patent

signed with conjoined initials 'RD' lower left--watercolor on board
7 x 10 5/8in. (17.8 x 27cm.) (image)

拍品專文

The following inscription is an explanation of the title and appears below the image. New and ingenious self-acting dog-tail and gun-barrel attachment for sporting purposes, invented by New York Patent Agency. Specification:-"I claim the dog's tail and the extra-sized trigger and trigger-gun gear, also the combination of the trigger and dog's tail, also the whole dog and the general application in the manner substantially and for the purpose described."