A Fancy Man (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 3/8 in. (26.99 × 39.05 cm)
Plate: 9 7/8 × 13 13/16 in. (25.08 × 35.08 cm)
Image: 9 9/16 × 13 1/2 in. (24.29 × 34.29 cm)
85.1266.6
Not on view
Printed above image, upper center: "MOMENTS OF FANCY." Printed above upper left vignette: "Now do you mean to say / You never was kept as a fancy man."; upper center: "A Fancy Man."; upper right: "A Fancy Woman."; lower left: "Hallo; I say what are you arter there." 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 / 42A / 2.
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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