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There, I Thought How T'wou'd Be... (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 (trimmed within platemark): 10 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (26.04 × 30.96 cm)
Image: 8 1/8 × 10 11/16 in. (20.64 × 27.15 cm)
Other (matted): 12 1/2 × 19 in. (31.75 × 48.26 cm)
85.1277.6
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: There, I thought how 'twou'd be--that e're Lord ha'n't half devil enough in him./ London, Pubd. Jany. 1.1829, by R. Ackermann, Junr. 191, Regent Street.Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper right: "MA" and "HRH 8 / 26"; in center: "6"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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