Going Through a Difficulty (Primary Title)
You Shall See My Stud (Series Title)

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

1831
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching with touches of etching on wove paper with a partial watermark: & S
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 in. (27.15 × 35.56 cm)
Plate: 10 9/16 × 12 1/2 in. (26.83 × 31.75 cm)
Image: 8 3/4 × 11 1/8 in. (22.23 × 28.26 cm)
85.1278.5
Not on view
Printed above image, upper center: "GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULTY."; upper right: "Plate 5." Printed beneath image lower left: "Drawn & Engd. by Hy. Alken."; lower center: "Charging a Park fence./ Published July 1st. 1831 by R. Ackermann, Junr. at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191. Regent Street." Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "MA" and "HRH 8 / 29"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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