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Symptoms of doubtful Amusement--or Craneing (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 13/16 × 13 9/16 in. (24.92 × 34.45 cm)
Plate: 8 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (20.96 × 24.77 cm)
85.1268.39
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of doubtful Amusement -- or Craneing."; upper right: "of anxious Amusement -- or sure of a bite."; lower left: "of Public Amusement -- or no Taxes."; lower center: "Dangerous Amusement. / -- or a Slapper."; lower right: "Private Amusement -- or Cruelty." Printed beneath image, lower left: "Heny. Alken, Del."; lower center: "London, Published by Thomas Mc.Lean; Repository of Wit & Humour, 26, Haymarket, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "Pencil Sketch / is 16 / 19/1", "HRH 16 / 19/2", "62" and "with original above"
Paul Mellon Collection
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