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Topping a Stone Wall (Primary Title)
Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting and Sporting (Series Title)

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

1825
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 3/4 in. (18.89 × 24.77 cm)
Plate: 5 9/16 × 7 7/8 in. (14.13 × 20 cm)
Image: 4 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (11.43 × 18.1 cm)
85.1270.10
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: Topping a Stone Wall. Printed beneath image in center: and coming into the next field, with a prospect fit to harrow up your Soul./ Pubd. June 1825. by J. Dickinson. 114 New Bond Street. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 14/ 16a - 17"; in center: "89" and "76" (struck through)
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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