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Topping a Stone Wall (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
Soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (19.05 × 24.77 cm)
Plate: 5 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (13.97 × 19.69 cm)
Image: 4 1/2 × 7 in. (11.43 × 17.78 cm)
85.1271.10
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: Topping a Stone Wall. Printed beneath image in center: and coming into the next field, with a prospect fit to harrow up your Soul./ Pubd. June 1825. by J. Dickinson. 114 New Bond Street. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 6. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "17" (partially obscured by hinge) and "HRH 14 / 16a - 17"; in center: "83" and "70" (struck through)
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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