Taste. -- View near Knightsbridge (Primary Title)
Specimens of Riding near London, Drawn from Life (Series Title)

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

1821 or later
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (23.81 × 31.43 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20 × 24.92 cm)
Image: 6 9/16 × 8 5/8 in. (16.67 × 21.91 cm)
85.1269.13
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Drawn & Eng. by H. Alken. Printed beneath image in center: Taste. -- View near Knightsbridge./ Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, Haymarket, Sept.1st. 1821. Printed on verso: "HRH 16 / 4A/2" and "12"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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