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The Pleasure of Riding in Company (Primary Title)
Specimens of Riding near London, Drawn from Life (Series Title)

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

1821 or later
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
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 × 8 7/8 in. (17.15 × 22.54 cm)
85.1269.3
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Pl. 3. Printed beneath image lower right: H.Alken. Printed beneath image in center: "The pleasure of riding in Company. (One would Stop if the other Could)" and "London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, Hay-Market, 1821. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "Pencil Sketch / 16 / 5/1", "HRH 16 / 5/2", "18" and "with original above"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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