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A Slap at a Park Fence (Primary Title)
Hunting Qualifications (Series Title)

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

1829
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 11 × 15 1/8 in. (27.94 × 38.42 cm)
Plate: 9 7/8 × 12 13/16 in. (25.08 × 32.54 cm)
Image: 6 9/16 × 10 1/16 in. (16.67 × 25.56 cm)
85.1309.3
Not on view
Printed above image, upper center: "HUNTING QUALIFICATIONS."; upper right: "Plate 3." Printed beneath image, lower left: "Drawn & Engraved by H. Alken."; lower center: "A SLAP AT A PARK FENCE./ London. Published Augt. 1st. 1829, by R. Ackermann, Junr. 191, Regent Street." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 20/ 22 / 2"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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