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Going at a Swishing Pace (Primary Title)
Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting and Sporting (Series Title)

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

1825
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 11/16 in. (18.73 × 24.61 cm)
Plate: 6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in. (17.62 × 22.23 cm)
Image: 4 1/2 × 7 3/16 in. (11.43 × 18.26 cm)
85.1271.4
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: Going at a swishing pace. Printed beneath image in center: To be able to catch the Hounds at their best pace. and then to ride over them / is going a swishing pace with a witness to it./ Pubd. June 1825 by J. Dickinson. 114. New Bond Street. Partial graphite inscription along lower edge, illegible due to trimming. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "16A" (partially obscured by hinge) and "HRH 14 / 16a - 17"; in center: "71 / 69" (crossed through)
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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