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Breaking Cover (Primary Title)

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

19th century
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored aquatint and etching with touches of stipple engraving on wove paper
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark.): 13 7/8 × 18 3/4 in. (35.24 × 47.63 cm)
Image: 11 5/8 × 16 11/16 in. (29.53 × 42.39 cm)
85.1347.2
Not on view
Stamp on verso: PAUL MELLON COLLECTION.
Printed beneath image lower left: Drawn by H.ALKEN Junr. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by C. HUNT. Printed beneath image in center: Published by G. S. TREGEAR,123, Cheapside, London./ BREAKING COVER. Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: "c" (in circle) and "20"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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