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Symptoms of promising a Vote (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 11/16 in. (24.92 × 34.77 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20 × 24.92 cm)
85.1268.25
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of promising a Vote" and "of reminding an Elector"; upper center: "of a bang up drive on a Sunday"; upper right: "of spoiling a Chicken"; lower left: "of breaking a Hunter"; lower right: "of reminding a Member" and "of a convenient Memory" Printed beneath image, lower left: "H. Allcen [sic] del et Sc."; lower center: "London, Published by Thomas Mc.Lean, Haymarket, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "Pencil / Drawing / is / 16 / 17A/1", "HRH 16 / 17A/2", "56" and "with original above"
Paul Mellon Collection
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