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Rider on a Gray Horse Jumping a Padlocked Gate (Primary Title)

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

19th century
English
Drawings
Works On Paper
graphite and watercolor on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN/ 1827
European Art
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 13/16 in. (21.27 × 27.46 cm)
Mount: 11 1/8 × 13 7/8 in. (28.26 × 35.24 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1130
Not on view
19th century
Inscribed in graphite on verso: "10/ 5", "HRH 10-5." and two other illegible graphite inscriptions. Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower right: H. ALKEN.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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