Up and Down... (Primary Title)
Sporting Discoveries; or The Miseries of Driving (Series Title)

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

1821 or later
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / 1821
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 1/4 in. (28.26 × 38.74 cm)
Plate: 9 3/16 × 12 1/8 in. (23.34 × 30.8 cm)
Image: 7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (19.05 × 26.51 cm)
85.1301.3
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: Up & down or the endeavour to DISCOVER which way your Horse is inclined to come down backwards or forwards./ London Pub Jany.1.1817. by S. & J. Fuller. 34 Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "Watermarked / 1821"; in center: "HRH 12 / 16A" and "61" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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