Symptoms of Delight (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
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 5/8 in. (24.77 × 34.61 cm)
Plate: 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (18.73 × 23.5 cm)
85.1268.1
Not on view
Printed above images upper center: "SYMPTOMS" Printed within image, upper left: "of Delight"; upper right: "of Going down hill"; left center: "of a flying leap"; center right: "of being run away with." Printed beneath images, lower left: "Henry Alken delt. et sculpt."; lower center: London, Published by Thomas Mc. Lean, Hay Market, 1822." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 9/1", "3" and "0"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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