How to Appear at Cover (Primary Title)
How to Qualify for a Meltonian (Series Title)

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

1819
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 1/2 in. (33.34 × 41.91 cm)
Plate: 10 5/8 × 13 1/2 in. (26.99 × 34.29 cm)
Image: 8 13/16 × 12 5/16 in. (22.38 × 31.27 cm)
85.1312.2
Not on view
Printed above image upper right: Plate 2. Printed beneath image in center: HOW TO APPEAR AT COVER./ London Pub July 16, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller. at their Sporting Gallery, 34. Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 14 / 1/2" and "4"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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