Doing the In and Out (Primary Title)
Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting and Sporting (Series Title)
Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed above image upper center: Doing the in and out. Printed beneath image in center: This should never be half done, for should you get in, (and stop however short the time) to consider about / getting out, you will most likely remain there until someone is kind enough to break the rail./ Pubd. May 1825, by J. Dickinson,114, New Bond Street. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 18. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "16A" (partially obscured by hinge) and "HRH 14 / 16A - 17"; in center: "72"
Paul Mellon Collection
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