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Doing a Strong Timber Fence (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
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 13/16 in. (19.05 × 24.92 cm)
Plate: 5 7/16 × 7 15/16 in. (13.81 × 20.16 cm)
Image: 4 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (11.43 × 18.1 cm)
Other (matted): 12 1/2 × 19 in. (31.75 × 48.26 cm)
85.1270.12
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: Doing a strong timber fence. Printed beneath image in center: This is a positive proof that Hunting is not entirely free from danger./ Pubd. June 1825, by J. Dickinson, 114, New Bond Street. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 19 (?). Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "HRH 14 / 16a - 17"; in center: "91"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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