Doing the In and Out (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
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 13/16 in. (19.05 × 24.92 cm)
Plate: 5 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (13.97 × 19.53 cm)
Image: 4 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (11.43 × 17.94 cm)
85.1271.6
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: Doing the in and out. Printed beneath image in center: This is not exactly the way it ought to be done, but a way it frequently is done, / though somewhat dangerous./ Pubd. June 1825 by J. Dickinson 114 New Bond Street. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 22. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "HRH 14 / 16a - 17"; in center: "73"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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