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The Reward of a Bold Push: The Death (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 1/2 × 13 7/8 in. (29.21 × 35.24 cm)
Image: 9 1/8 × 12 3/8 in. (23.18 × 31.43 cm)
Other (matted): 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1317.4
Not on view
Stamped on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
Printed above image upper center: The reward of a bold push. Printed beneath image lower left: H. Alken delt. Printed beneath image lower right: Sutherland sculpt. Printed beneath image in center: The Death/ London Published Jany. 1.1818. by S.& J. Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: 104. Additional illegible graphtie inscription on verso upper left.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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