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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
Soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 3/4 in. (18.89 × 24.77 cm)
Plate: 5 7/16 × 7 13/16 in. (13.81 × 19.84 cm)
Image: 4 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (11.59 × 17.94 cm)
85.1271.12
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: 20. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "HRH 14 / 16a - 17"; in center: "85"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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