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Symptoms of being very Wind'y (Primary Title)
Symptoms (Series Title)

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

1822
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TU RKEY MILL / 1821
European Art
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.08 × 34.61 cm)
Plate: 8 1/16 × 9 5/8 in. (20.48 × 24.45 cm)
85.1268.19
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS" Printed within image, upper left: "of being very Wind'y"; upper center left: "of being very dirty"; upper center right: "of being very dry"; upper right: "of being very thick"; lower left: "of being very queer"; lower center left: "of being very Cold"; lower center right: "of being very Hot"; lower right: "of being very Wet" Printed beneath image, lower left: "H.Alken del et sculp:"; lower center: "London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26 Haymarket,1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 8/2" and "27"
Paul Mellon Collection
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