Earth Stopper (Primary Title)
(from a set of six) (Series Title)

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

1823
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 10 1/16 × 8 in. (25.56 × 20.32 cm)
Image: 9 5/16 × 7 5/16 in. (23.65 × 18.57 cm)
85.1261.6
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken, Delt. Printed beneath image in center: EARTH STOPPER./ [Evidence of publication data remains after trimming.] Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH 14 / 32" and "141"; upper center: "10" and "6" (in circle); lower right: "C26281 / 4/ £ 14".
Paul Mellon Collection
Catching Sight: The World of British Sporting Print, VMFA, August 31, 2013 - July 13, 2014
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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