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Title page for "Hunting, or Six Hour's [sic] Sport". (Primary Title)
Hunting, or Six Hour's [sic] Sport, by Three Real Good Ones, from the East End, and without Seeing a Hound. (Alternate Title)

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

Date:

1823

Culture:

English

Category:

Works On Paper
Prints

Medium:

Letterpress on heavy wove paper with a watermark: 1809

Collection:

European Art

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 7/16 in. (29.21 × 41.75 cm)

Object Number:

85.1304a

Location:

Not on view

Additional Information

Inscription:

Printed in center: HUNTING, / OR / SIX HOUR'S SPORT, / BY / THREE REAL GOOD ONES, / FROM THE EAST END, / AND WITHOUT SEEING A HOUND. / "It's true--upon my soul, it's true." / BY HENRY ALKEN. / LONDON: / PUBLISHED BY THOMAS M'LEAN, / Repositoryof Wit and Humour, / No. 26, HAYMARKET. / 1823." Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "HRH 14 / 7A"; in center: "21"

Credit Line:

Paul Mellon Collection

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Title page for "Hunting, or Six Hour's [sic] Sport". (Primary Title)Hunting, or Six Hour's [sic] Sport, by Three Real Good Ones, from the East End, and without Seeing a Hound. (Alternate Title)

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

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Title page for "Hunting, or Six Hour's [sic] Sport". (Primary Title)
Hunting, or Six Hour's [sic] Sport, by Three Real Good Ones, from the East End, and without Seeing a Hound. (Alternate Title)