1818
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching on wove paper
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark.): 13 7/8 × 17 3/4 in. (35.24 × 45.09 cm)
Image: 11 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (30 × 40.32 cm)
85.1311.2
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: H. Alken del. Printed beneath image lower right: T. Sutherland Sculp. Printed beneath image in center: BREAKING COVER./ Published May 1. 1818. by Tho. Palser. Surrey side Westminster Bridge. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH. V. 7. p.24", "437" (in circle), and "7 / 24".
Paul Mellon Collection
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