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"The Qualification"; title page for series of six plates (Primary Title)
Hunting Qualifications (Series Title)

Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)

1829
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Letterpress on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 14 7/8 in. (28.26 × 37.78 cm)
85.1309a
Not on view
Printed on front: "THE QUALIFICATION; / A SERIES OF / SIX SUBJECTS: / DRAWN AND ENGRAVED / BY / HENRY ALKEN, / AND DEDICATED, WITHOUT PERMISSION TO / ALL FOX-HUNTERS; / For who would not a hunting go, / That had the power of doing so! / LONDON:/ PUBLISHED BY R. ACKERMANN, JUN. / AT HIS SPORTING REPOSITORY, 191, REGENT-STREET." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 20 / 21A / 1"
Paul Mellon Collection
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