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A Thing of the Last Consequence (Primary Title)
Specimens of Riding near London, Drawn from Life (Series Title)

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

1822 or later
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1822
European Art
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 7/16 in. (23.81 × 31.59 cm)
Plate: 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.69 × 24.77 cm)
Image: 6 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (17.46 × 22.23 cm)
85.1269.6
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Pl. 6. Printed beneath image lower right: H. Alkin. Printed beneath image in center: "A thing of the last consequence." and "London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean. Hay-Market, 1821." Inscribed in graphite on verso: "Specimens / of Riding", "W/M -- 1822", "HRH 16 / 6." and "21"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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