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Topping a Flight of Rails and Coming Well into the Next Field (Primary Title)
Fores's Hunting Accomplishments (Series Title)

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

1850
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored aquatint with traces of etching on heavy wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 11 11/16 × 17 3/8 in. (29.69 × 44.13 cm)
Plate: 10 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (26.35 × 33.34 cm)
Image: 8 3/16 × 11 1/4 in. (20.8 × 28.58 cm)
Other (matted): 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1320.2
Not on view
Coat of chestnut heightened with substance to make it appear to glisten.
Printed above image, upper center: "FORES'S HUNTING ACCOMPLISHMENTS."; upper right: "Pl. 2.". Printed beneath image lower left: "Drawn by H. Alken."; lower right: "Engraved by J. Harris."; lower center: "London, Published Novr.1st.1850, by Messrs Fores, at their Sporting & Fine Print Repository & Frame Manufactory 41, Picadilly./ Topping a Flight of Rails and coming well into the next Field."
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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