Thanks Alex for an interesting image.
James Dunlop found this object in 1826, here is his description.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1100488...28585811812114
John Herschel had two positions for this galaxy and it ended up with two NGC numbers, 1269 and 1291.
http://www.ngcicproject.org/dss/dss_n1200.asp
Click on "NGC 1269 data" for some history.