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Symptoms of Tragedy (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
European Art
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 11/16 in. (24.92 × 34.77 cm)
Plate: 8 1/8 × 10 11/16 in. (20.64 × 27.15 cm)
85.1268.26
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of Tragedy."; upper right: "of Comedy."; lower left: "of the Ornamental."; lower center: "of what do you say" and "of Cant you hear."; lower right: "of the Old Story." Printed beneath image, lower left: "H.Alken del. et sculp."; lower center: "London, Published by Thomas Mc.Lean, Haymarket, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "Drawing / is 16 / 17/1", "HRH 16 / 17/2", "57" and "with original above"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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