"Symptoms of Being Amused"; title page for a section of a set of 41 prints and three accompanying wrappers (Primary Title)

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

1822
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 5/8 in. (24.92 × 34.61 cm)
Plate: 8 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (21.27 × 24.77 cm)
85.1268d
Not on view
Printed above image: "SYMPTOMS, / OF BEING AMUSED." Printed beneath image: "by / Hy. Alken. / VOL.1. / London, Published by THOs. Mc.LEAN: Repository of WIT & HUMOUR, 26, Haymarket,1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 7/1" and "22"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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