Poachers (Primary Title)
(from a set of six) (Series Title)

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

1823
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 9 7/8 × 7 5/16 in. (25.08 × 18.57 cm)
Image: 9 9/16 × 7 5/16 in. (24.29 × 18.57 cm)
Mount: 10 3/8 × 8 1/16 in. (26.35 × 20.48 cm)
85.1261.5
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken, Delt. Printed beneath image in center: POACHERS. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH 14 / 32" and "140"; upper center: "10" and "5" (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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