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A Tandem Not Quite Right (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 on wove paper with a watermark
European Art
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (26.04 × 36.2 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20 × 24.92 cm)
Image: 6 5/8 × 9 1/16 in. (16.83 × 23.02 cm)
85.1308.6
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Printed above image upper center: A TANDEM NOT QUITE RIGHT. Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken. Delt. Printed beneath image in center: I say my dear Sir, have you not an IDEA that there is considerable danger in the present case?/ London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, 1827. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 32A" and "90".
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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