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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 11/16 × 15 1/2 in. (27.15 × 39.37 cm)
Plate: 9 15/16 × 13 13/16 in. (25.24 × 35.08 cm)
Image: 9 9/16 × 13 1/2 in. (24.29 × 34.29 cm)
85.1266.3
Not on view
Printed above images upper center: MOMENTS OF FANCY. Printed above vignette, upper center: "Real English fancy." Printed beneath vignette lower left: "No fancy for the Fair." Printed above vignette lower right: "I fancy we / have spoil'd / the thing / Bob." and "Yes, but where do you fancy the horse is gone." 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 / 41A / 2".
Paul Mellon Collection
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