Hi Daniel - Austin Hogan, former editor in chief of Parker Pages, had a keen affinity for Parker's 'looking back' birds to the point that he even posted a picture of a cloud formation he photographed that had a very strong resemblance to Parker's 'looking back' birds. If you look on the archived PGCA website it may still be there.
Your observations on this engraving are about correct.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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