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Game Keepers (Primary Title)

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

19th century
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1821 (?)
European Art
Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 10 1/4 × 8 5/16 in. (26.04 × 21.11 cm)
Image: 9 1/4 × 7 5/16 in. (23.5 × 18.57 cm)
85.1261.1
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken. Delt. Printed beneath image in center: GAME KEEPERS. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH 14 / 32" and "136"; upper center: "10" and "1" (in circle); lower right: "C26281 / 4 / £ 14".
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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