Well Done...That's the Way to Do the Trick (Primary Title)

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

1828
English
Drawings
Works On Paper
graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 3/4 in. (20.96 × 27.31 cm)
Mount: 11 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (28.58 × 34.93 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1128
Not on view
Signed and dated in graphite lower left: H. Alken 1828
Inscribed in graphite upper left: Well done Clinker that's the way to do the trick. Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 10-5. Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower right: "H. ALKEN." and "P3"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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