Post Lads (Primary Title)
(from a set of six) (Series Title)

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

1832
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 9 3/4 × 7 5/16 in. (24.77 × 18.57 cm)
Image: 9 3/8 × 7 5/16 in. (23.81 × 18.57 cm)
Mount: 10 7/16 × 8 in. (26.51 × 20.32 cm)
85.1261.2
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken, Delt. Printed beneath image in center: POST LADS. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH 14 / 32" and "137"; upper right: "[1823] / Sporting"; "10"; and "2" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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