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[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
European Art
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 3/8 in. (26.99 × 39.05 cm)
Plate: 9 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (24.77 × 34.93 cm)
Image: 9 1/2 × 13 7/16 in. (24.13 × 34.13 cm)
85.1266.5
Not on view
Printed above images upper center: MOMENTS OF FANCY. Printed above vignette, upper left: "Got an Engagement."; upper right: "He sat like patience on a Monument smiling at grief."; lower left: "Wanting an Engagement." Printed beneath vignette lower left: "I would not touch a Hair of that man's head.--(Pizzarro)". Printed above vignette, lower right: "Dam me Tom, but it must be the boney-parts, / let us take it. / in Tow." and "I say Jack, I have found this horse." 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 / 42A / 1.
Paul Mellon Collection
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