
Going to Cover (Primary Title)
You Shall See My Stud (Series Title)
Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed above image, upper center: "GOING TO COVER."; upper right: "Plate 1." Printed beneath image lower left: "Drawn & Engd. by H. Alken"; lower center: "A neat Cover Hack-- one that can go straight./ Published July 1st. 1831, by R. Ackermann, Junr. at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191.Regent St." Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "MA" and "HRH 8 / 27"
Paul Mellon Collection
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