I Do Not Think He Has an Idea Left (Primary Title)
A Few Ideas: Being Hints to All Would-Be Meltonians (Series Title)

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

1826
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper with a watermark
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 3/8 in. (35.88 × 26.35 cm)
Plate: 10 13/16 × 8 3/8 in. (27.46 × 21.27 cm)
Image: 8 3/8 × 7 1/8 in. (21.27 × 18.1 cm)
85.1306.12
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken. Delt. Printed beneath image in center, left column: "I do not think he has an IDEA / left."; right column: "But I have an IDEA that he is / dead."; lower center: "London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean. 20. Tichborne Stt. Haymarket 1826." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 /29A" and "84"
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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