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Symptoms of You Slut Let Us Hear All About It (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
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)
85.1268.22
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of you slut let us hear all about it"; upper right: "of a few high words"; lower left: "of very fast but not show'y"; lower right: "of very showy but not too fast." Printed beneath image, lower left: "H.Alken del et sculp."; lower center: "London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Hay Market, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 8/1" and "26"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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