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A Few of the Right Sort (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 3/4 in. (19.69 × 24.77 cm)
Image: 6 5/8 × 8 13/16 in. (16.83 × 22.38 cm)
Other (matted): 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1318.4
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed above image upper center: "HUNTERS."; upper right: "4". Printed beneath image lower left: "Henry Alken, Delt."; lower center: "A few of the right Sort./ Going Home./ London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket, 1827." Inscribed in graphite on cardstock mount, lower right: "18". Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: "c" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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