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Displeas'd (Primary Title)
Specimens of Riding near London, Drawn from Life (Series Title)

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

1822 or later
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1822
European Art
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 1/2 in. (23.81 × 31.75 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (20 × 24.77 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 × 9 in. (17.15 × 22.86 cm)
85.1269.10
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: H. Alken del et Sc. Printed beneath image in center: Displeas'd./ London, Published Aug. 1st.1821, by Thomas Mc. Lean, Haymarket. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 2A/2" and "4"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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