Learning to Drive a Dennett (Primary Title)
Humourous Miscellanies (Series Title)

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

1823
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / 1823
Sheet: 10 5/16 × 14 5/8 in. (26.19 × 37.15 cm)
Plate: 8 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (21.59 × 26.83 cm)
Image: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (19.69 × 24.92 cm)
85.1267.1
Not on view
Printed within image lower left: Hy. Alken, Delt. Printed beneath image in center: Learning to drive A Dennett. / London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean: Repository of Wit & Humour. 26. Haymarket,1823. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 27" and "92".
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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