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How to Take the Lead (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
European Art
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 3/4 in. (33.34 × 42.55 cm)
Plate: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (26.67 × 34.61 cm)
Image: 8 11/16 × 12 7/16 in. (22.07 × 31.59 cm)
85.1312.6
Not on view
Printed above image upper right: Plate 6. Printed beneath image in center: HOW TO TAKE THE LEAD./ London. Pub July 16. 1819. by S.& J. Fuller, at their Sporting Gallery, 34. Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 14 / 3" and "10".
Paul Mellon Collection
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