Symptoms of backing Gas (Primary Title)
Symptoms (Series Title)

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

1822
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 5/8 in. (25.08 × 34.61 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 11/16 in. (20 × 24.61 cm)
85.1268.20
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS". Printed within image, upper left: "of backing Gas"; upper right: "of backing Neat"; lower left: "of an anxious Wife"; lower right: "of an anxious Wife." Printed beneath image, lower left: "H.Alken del et sculp."; lower center: "London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean. 26, Hay Market,1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 9A/1" and "28"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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