That "Tarnation" painting was done by William Harnden Foster and he painted a lot of similar situations with a Parker involved.
He had quite the sense of humor... In the third picture the neophyte duck hunter is using a .410 Parker and one of his oars has slipped out of the oarlock. All three situations were painted to allow us to laugh at ourselves.
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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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