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Symptoms of a great one (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 with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1822
European Art
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 3/4 in. (24.92 × 34.93 cm)
Plate: 7 13/16 × 9 11/16 in. (19.84 × 24.61 cm)
85.1268.36
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of a great one"; upper center left: "of a fine one"; upper center right: "of a queer one."; upper right: "of a save all"; lower left: "of just got over a gate"; lower right: "of a view on Brighton Cliffs." 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: "Pencil Drawing / 16 / 15/1", "HRH 16 / 15/2", "51" and "with original below [sic] / ? above"
Paul Mellon Collection
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