Symptoms of to be sold (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
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.08 × 34.61 cm)
Plate: 8 1/8 × 9 11/16 in. (20.64 × 24.61 cm)
85.1268.18
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of to be sold"; upper right: "o [sic] Despair"; lower left: "of who is there"; lower right: "of sold and had him a Week" 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 / 12/1" and "40"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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