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Going in First Rate Style (Primary Title)
A Few Ideas; Being Hints to All Would-Be Whips (Series Title)

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

1827
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored soft-ground etching with touches of etching on wove paper with a watermark
European Art
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (26.04 × 36.2 cm)
Plate: 8 × 9 5/8 in. (20.32 × 24.45 cm)
Image: 6 5/8 × 8 7/8 in. (16.83 × 22.54 cm)
85.1308.1
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Printed above image upper center: GOING IN FIRST RATE STYLE. Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken. Delt. Printed beneath image in center: I have an IDEA it's ten to one but we are down now-- but I'll take nine to three that the / Horses all go over./ London. Published by Thos. Mc.Lean. 26. Haymarket.1827. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 30A" and "86"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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