Trying a New Match... (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 1/16 × 15 1/4 in. (28.1 × 38.74 cm)
Plate: 9 1/4 × 12 1/16 in. (23.5 × 30.64 cm)
Image: 7 7/16 × 10 5/16 in. (18.89 × 26.19 cm)
85.1301.6
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: Trying a new match you DISCOVER that they are not only alike in colour, weight & action, but in disposition./ 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 / 17A" and "65" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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