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Doing It No How (Primary Title)
Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done (Series Title)

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

Date:

1818

Culture:

English

Category:

Prints
Works On Paper

Medium:

Hand-colored aquatint with very few touches of etching on wove paper

Collection:

European Art

Dimensions:

Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 3/16 in. (26.51 × 36.04 cm)
Plate: 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.69 × 24.77 cm)
Image: 6 × 8 9/16 in. (15.24 × 21.75 cm)

Object Number:

85.1265.4

Location:

Not on view

Additional Information

Inscription:

Printed beneath image in center: Doing it no how. / London Published March 2,1818. by S&J. Fuller. 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 17. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 8" and "31" (in circle).

Credit Line:

Paul Mellon Collection

Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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Doing It No How (Primary Title)Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done (Series Title)

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

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Doing It No How (Primary Title)
Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done (Series Title)