Going It Full Speed (Primary Title)
Indispensable Accomplishments: or Hints to City Gentlemen (Series Title)
Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed beneath image in center: London, Published and Sold Jany. 28th. 1815, by EDWD. ORME, Bond Str. corner of Brook Street. / INDISPENSABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OR HINTS TO CITY GENTLEMEN. / Plate II. / GOING IT FULL SPEED. / Your horse having ascertained your style of riding, becomes a little too anxious to go, for your comfort, while a sensation called fear creeps / into your heart, which compels you to cling close with those extremities which fashion encumbers with spurs, away you go! if you / happen to keep on, to the terror of passengers on a much frequented road, and to the destruction of all that cannot get out of your way. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "Watermarked / 1823" and "HRH 14 / 20"; in center: "102"
Paul Mellon Collection
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