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The Appointment (Primary Title)
Hunting Qualifications (Series Title)

Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)

1829
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 in. (27.62 × 38.1 cm)
Plate: 9 7/8 × 12 3/4 in. (25.08 × 32.39 cm)
Image: 6 1/2 × 10 in. (16.51 × 25.4 cm)
85.1309.1
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "HUNTING QUALIFICATIONS."; upper right: "Plate 1." Printed beneath image, lower left: "Drawn & Engraved by H. Alken."; lower center: "THE APPOINTMENT./ London. Published Augt.1st.1829, by R. Ackermann, Junr. 191. Regent Street." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 20 / 21 /2"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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