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Symptoms of catch my Horse (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 with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1822
European Art
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 5/8 in. (24.92 × 34.61 cm)
Plate: 8 1/8 × 9 5/8 in. (20.64 × 24.45 cm)
85.1268.16
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: "SYMPTOMS." Printed within image, upper left: "of catch my Horse"; upper right: "of Bog trotting"; lower left: "of Expression"; lower center: "of Tak'ing a steel draught"; lower right: "The bottomless pit" and "of the perpetual Motion." Printed beneath image, lower left: "H.Alken delt. et sculpt."; lower center: "London, Published by Thomas Mc.Lean, Hay Market, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 11/2" and "37"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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