Symptoms of learning to do the thing genteel (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 13/16 × 13 11/16 in. (24.92 × 34.77 cm)
Plate: 7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in. (19.84 × 24.92 cm)
85.1268.34
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper center: "of learning to do the thing genteel"; lower left: "of being foiled"; lower right: "of Com'ing Out" Printed beneath image, lower left: "H.Alken del et sc."; lower center: "London, Published by Thomas Mc.Lean, Haymarket, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 16/2" and "55"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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