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The Death (Primary Title)

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

1818
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark.): 14 1/16 × 7 53/64 in. (35.72 × 19.9 cm)
Image: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.32 × 40.48 cm)
85.1311.4
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: H Alken del. Printed beneath image lower right: T. Sutherland Sculp. Printed beneath image in center: THE DEATH./ Published May 1. 1818. by Tho. Palser. Surrey side Westminster Bridge. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH. V. 7. p.26", "439" (in circle); and "7 / 26"; in center: "18" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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