Speck was (as I understand The upland Shooting Life) George's father's dog, the first setter he hunted over.
There seems to be an unknown number of that print that actually survived, there were 750 copies of the Tony's Mayhawk Speck print printed in 1986. Some were sent to be signed by George and all or most of however many remained at the printers were damaged beyond saving but some accident (no guarentee but I seem to remember water damage from a leak, but wont swear to it).
Many of the survivors were sold off in blocks. A book dealer in Montana got many and was selling them on line in the early days of eBay. I got my copy from an RGS chapter in Ohio that some how got several for fund raising. I always thought it was funny that with all the love GBE had for art he had his copy thumb tacked, unframed to a door up stairs in Old Hemlock.
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"If there is a heaven it must have thinning aspen gold, and flighting woodcock, and a bird dog" GBE
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