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Going to Cover (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
Soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (19.05 × 24.77 cm)
Plate: 5 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (15.08 × 20 cm)
Image: 4 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (11.27 × 18.26 cm)
85.1271.2
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: Going to Cover. Printed beneath image in center: Having screw'd yourself up for a toutch [sic] at a rail and Ditch. circumstances oblige / you to alter your mind when on--------------------------the rail./ Pubd. June 1825. by J. Dickinson. 114. New Bond Street. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 11. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "16A" (partially obscured by hinge) and "HRH 14 / 16A - 17"; in center: "68" (crossed through) and "69"
Paul Mellon Collection
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