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Making a Dash with a Gay Tilbury... (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
European Art
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 1/8 in. (27.62 × 38.42 cm)
Plate: 9 1/4 × 12 1/8 in. (23.5 × 30.8 cm)
Image: 7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (19.05 × 26.51 cm)
85.1301.4
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: Making a dash with a gay Tilbury, your friend recognizes a Brother Officer not famous for his beauty, and with him a very dashing / Lass; in the endeavour to gain her attention you DISCOVER you have overlooked a small Post on your whip hand./ London Pub. Jany.1 1817, by S. & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 15" and "59" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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