STEEL ENGRAVING - "MISSED IT" from the painting by A.E. Chalon, engraved by A. L. Dick, published in 1865. This engraving is in excellent condition. The picture measures 5 3/8” x6 5/8”, and is matted to 11" x 14" for easy framing.

    Bochefoucauld is credited with the uncomfortable sentiment, that “there lives no man who does not take a secret pleasure in the misfortunes of his neighbour.” While we would deny this in the case of great misfortunes, yet it must be confessed, that, in small annoyances, such as is represented in the picture “Missed It,” there is a good deal of truth in the cynic’s maxim. The scene is of fifty years ago, when stagecoaches supplied the travelling facilities which railways have superceded; the execution of the work is realistic and graphic.

      Mr. Chalon was born in London in 1780, and died 1860.

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