Perfectly Satisfied (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
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 7/16 in. (23.81 × 31.59 cm)
Plate: 7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.53 × 24.77 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (17.15 × 22.54 cm)
85.1269.7
Not on view
Printed within image lower left: H. Alken del et Sc. Printed beneath image in center: Perfectly Satisfied/ London, Published Aug.1st. 1821, by Thomas Mc.Lean, Haymarket. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 3A/1", "7" and "W.M/1822"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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