Fancy. -- View near Grays Inn Road (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
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 1/2 in. (23.81 × 31.75 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20 × 24.92 cm)
Image: 6 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (16.35 × 21.43 cm)
85.1269.16
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Drawn & Eng. by H.Alken. Printed beneath image in center: Fancy. -- View near Grays Inn Road./ Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, Haymarket, Sept.1st. 1821. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 2/2" and "6"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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