Having with Great Persuasion Gained the Consent of your Favorite Lass... (Primary Title)
Sporting Discoveries; or The Miseries of Driving (Series Title)

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

1820 or later
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
Sheet: 11 × 14 15/16 in. (27.94 × 37.94 cm)
Plate: 9 1/4 × 12 1/8 in. (23.5 × 30.8 cm)
Image: 7 9/16 × 10 1/2 in. (19.21 × 26.67 cm)
85.1301.1
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: Having with great persuasion gained the consent of your favorite Lass, to take an afternoon ride, (obliged to hire) you request a steady one, / which you DISCOVER you have obtained; not to mention the company of a Donkey Boy or two, who are constantly offering their assistance, / and from whom you find it impossible to get away./ London Pub. Jany. 1. 1817, by S & J Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 14" and "55" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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