Untitled (The Recovery) (Primary Title)
Partridge Shooting (Series Title)

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

1835
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 10 × 11 13/16 in. (25.4 × 30 cm)
Image: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (21.59 × 27.31 cm)
85.1279.4
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: H. Alken, delt. Printed beneath image lower right: C. Bentley, sculpt. Printed beneath image in center: PARTRIDGE SHOOTING. / Plate. 4./ London, Pubd. April, 6, 1835, by S & J. FULLER, at their Sporting Gallery, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "30046 / Set of 4 / Partridge Shooting / 522" and "HRH 8 / 31"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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