Knights. -- View in the City Road (Primary Title)
Specimens of Riding near London, Drawn from Life (Series Title)

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

1822 or later
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1822
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 1/2 in. (23.81 × 31.75 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (20 × 24.77 cm)
Image: 6 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (17.46 × 22.23 cm)
85.1269.18
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: KNIGHTS. -- VIEW in the CITY ROAD./ Published Octr. 1, 1821, by Thomas Mc.Lean, 26, Hay Market, London. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 4A/ 1", "3 (?) [crossed out] / 11" and "W - M/1822"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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