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

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

1822
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 9/16 in. (26.99 × 39.53 cm)
Plate: 9 13/16 × 13 7/8 in. (24.92 × 35.24 cm)
Image: 9 × 13 1/2 in. (22.86 × 34.29 cm)
85.1266.4
Not on view
Printed above images upper center: MOMENTS OF FANCY. Printed above vignette, upper left: "Past Consideration."; upper center: "Present Consideration."; upper right: "Future Consideration." Printed belowe vignette, lower left: "Breaking up."; lower center: "Breaking open."; lower right: "Breaking in"; center right: "Breaking out". 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, 1822. Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 16 / 41 / 2.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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