[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 1/2 in. (26.99 × 39.37 cm)
Plate: 10 1/4 × 14 5/16 in. (26.04 × 36.35 cm)
Image: 9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (25.08 × 35.24 cm)
85.1266.13
Not on view
Printed above images upper center: MOMENTS OF FANCY. Printed above vignette, upper center: "Playing at Soldiers:" Printed beneath vignette lower center: "Not Playing at Soldiers." Printed beneath image 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 / 44A / 1.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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