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The Consequence of Having Plenty of Company on the Road (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 / 1822
European Art
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 1/2 in. (23.81 × 31.75 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (20 × 25.08 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (17.15 × 22.54 cm)
85.1269.5
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Pl. 5. Printed beneath image lower right: H. Alken. Printed beneath image in center: "The consequence of having plenty of Company on the Road." and "London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, Hay-Market 1821. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 6A/2", "20" and "W/M 1822"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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