[Untitled plate with several inscribed vignettes] (Primary Title)
Moments of Fancy (Series Title)

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

1823
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (26.99 × 39.37 cm)
Plate: 9 7/8 × 13 1/4 in. (25.08 × 33.66 cm)
Image: 9 1/4 × 13 3/16 in. (23.5 × 33.5 cm)
85.1266.10
Not on view
Printed above images upper center: MOMENTS OF FANCY. Printed above vignette, upper left: "No fancy for a Waggon."; upper right: "All the horse's fancy." Printed beneath vignette lower center: "Something like a fancy." Printed beneath images lower left: Hy. Alken. Delt. Printed beneath image in center: London. Published by Thos. Mc.Lean; Repository of Wit & Humour, 26. Haymarket. 1823. Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 16 / 43A / 2.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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