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Taking the Thing Easy: Full Cry (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 3/8 × 13 13/16 in. (28.89 × 35.08 cm)
Image: 9 × 12 5/16 in. (22.86 × 31.27 cm)
Other (matted): 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1317.2
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed above image upper center: Taking the thing easy. Printed beneath image lower left: H. Alken, del. Printed beneath image lower right: Sutherland, sculp. Printed beneath image in center: Full Cry/ London Published Jany.1.1818. by S & J. Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: 102.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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