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Now for It Silver Tail-This Will Do Even You Credit (Primary Title)

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

19th century
English
Drawings
Works On Paper
graphite and watercolor on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (21.43 × 27.46 cm)
Mount: 11 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (29.21 × 34.93 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1129
Not on view
Inscribed in graphite upper left: Now for it Silver Tail - this will do even you credit. Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 10-5. Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower right: H. ALKEN.
Paul Mellon Collection
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