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Taking the Lead in Defiance of Speed: The Leap (Primary Title)

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

1818
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark.): 11 9/16 × 13 7/8 in. (29.37 × 35.24 cm)
Image: 9 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. (23.5 × 31.43 cm)
Other (matted): 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1317.3
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed above image upper center: Taking the lead in defiance of speed. Printed beneath image lower left: H. Alken delt. Printed beneath image lower right: Sutherland sculpt. Printed beneath image in center: The Leap/ London Published Jany.1.1818 by S & J Fuller 34 Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: 103.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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