The very Essence of Middlesex Sport (Primary Title)
Caricatures of Middlesex Sporting (Series Title)

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

1826
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (19.05 × 24.77 cm)
Plate: 6 × 9 1/2 in. (15.24 × 24.13 cm)
Image: 4 9/16 × 7 3/8 in. (11.59 × 18.73 cm)
85.1276.6
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: The very Essence of Middlesex Sport. Printed beneath image in center: Pubd. Jan. 1826 by J. Dickinson, 114. New Bond Street. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "HRH 14 / 15A"; in center: "61"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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