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Topping a Stone Wall and Coming Well into the Next Field (Primary Title)
Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting and Sporting (Series Title)

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

Date:

1825

Culture:

English

Category:

Prints
Works On Paper

Medium:

Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper

Collection:

European Art

Dimensions:

Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.21 × 24.77 cm)
Plate: 5 7/16 × 8 in. (13.81 × 20.32 cm)
Image: 4 9/16 × 7 5/16 in. (11.59 × 18.57 cm)

Object Number:

85.1270.9

Location:

Not on view

Additional Information

Inscription:

Printed above image upper center: Topping a Stone Wall & coming well into the next field. Printed beneath image in center: For this you must have a well quallified [sic] Horse and yourself not deficient in that grand requisite / for Hunting (Courage)/ Pubd. May 1825, by J. Dickinson. 114. New Bond St. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 11. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH 14 / 16a - 17"; in center: "88" and "79" (crossed through)

Credit Line:

Paul Mellon Collection

Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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Topping a Stone Wall and Coming Well into the Next Field (Primary Title)Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting and Sporting (Series Title)

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

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Topping a Stone Wall and Coming Well into the Next Field (Primary Title)
Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting and Sporting (Series Title)