[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 3/16 in. (26.04 × 36.04 cm)
Image: 9 15/16 × 13 13/16 in. (25.24 × 35.08 cm)
85.1266.8
Not on view
Printed above images upper center: MOMENTS OF FANCY. Printed above vignette, upper center: "As the thing used to be done." Printed beneath vignette lower center: "As the thing is done." Printed beneath image lower left: LL: 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 / 42 / 2.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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