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Getting Away (Primary Title)
Hunters (Series Title)

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

1827
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark): 7 3/4 × 9 11/16 in. (19.69 × 24.61 cm)
Image: 6 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (16.51 × 22.23 cm)
Other (matted): 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1318.2
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed above image, upper center: "HUNTERS."; upper right: "2." Printed beneath image lower left: "Henry Alken, Delt."; lower center: "Getting Away./ All Sorts./ London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean. 26, Haymarket,1827. Inscribed in graphite on cardstock mount, lower right: "16". Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: "c" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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