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Symptoms of up, with a down prospect (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 1/8 × 9 5/8 in. (20.64 × 24.45 cm)
85.1268.8
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of up, with a down prospect"; left center: "of Down with an up prospect"; lower left: "of learnig [sic] to Trot"; lower right: "of a hard mouth." Printed beneath image, lower left: "H. Alken delt. et sculpt."; lower center: "London, Published by Thomas Mc.Lean, Hay Market, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 14/1" and "47"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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