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Push en Sharp--at it my Lord... (Primary Title)
Hunting Recollections (Series Title)

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

1829
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (26.04 × 31.12 cm)
Image: 8 3/16 × 10 7/8 in. (20.8 × 27.62 cm)
Other (matted): 12 1/2 × 19 in. (31.75 × 48.26 cm)
85.1277.5
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. Printed beneath image lower left: H. Alken, del. et sculp. Printed beneath image in center: Push en sharp--at it my Lord--there be a h--l of a ditch a t'other side./ London, Pubd.Jany. 1, 1829, by R. Ackermann, Junr. 191 Regent Street. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "MA" and "HRH 8 / 26"; in center: "5"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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