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Symptoms of Can't Wait (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 9/16 in. (25.08 × 34.45 cm)
Plate: 8 5/16 × 9 3/4 in. (21.11 × 24.77 cm)
85.1268.37
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of -- Can't wait."; upper center: "of, Come -- to-ther glass."; upper right: "of, blood & bone -- going against time."; lower left: "of, the Reduced list."; lower center: "of, out of cash & a -- little in debt at an Inn"; lower right: "of, in cash -- at an Inn." Printed beneath image, lower left: "Hy. Alken Del."; lower center: "London, Published by Thomas McLean: Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 14/2" and "48"
Paul Mellon Collection
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