The tailor (left) drops his gun, which is going off, and staggers backwards, holding up both hands in alarm; his wig and hat are falling off. A tape-measure hangs from his coat-pocket. Four birds fly away (right). In the middle-distance a man with a spade, his hands on his hips, is grinning at the sportsman. In the foreground (right) is a tree, in the distance are bushes, a windmill, a thatched cottage, and a haycock.   Beneath the design is engraved:
<p><br><br>"There once was a Taylor a Shooting wou'd go, 
<br>Who before had ne'er fir'd a Gun we well know; 
<br>The Piece double charg'd hit him full on the Breast, 
<br>And gave him the Attitude here as express'd 
<br>The Gun left his Hand and the Birds flew away 
<br>And the Taylor's been sick of the Sport to this Day." 4 June 1782
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<br>Etching with stipple
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<p>After: Robert Dighton (?)
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<dl><dd>Published by: Robert Sayer</dd></dl></div>
1782<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1782-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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