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Going Down a Difficulty (Primary Title)
You Shall See My Stud (Series Title)

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

1831
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 7/8 in. (26.83 × 35.24 cm)
Plate: 10 7/16 × 12 1/2 in. (26.51 × 31.75 cm)
Image: 8 9/16 × 11 in. (21.75 × 27.94 cm)
85.1278.3
Not on view
Printed above image, upper center: "GOING DOWN A DIFFICULTY."; upper right: "Plate 3." Printed beneath image, lower left: "Hy. Alken, delt. et sculpt."; lower center: "Getting over a high Wattle fence-- ditch on both sides./ Published July 1st. 1831, by R. Ackermann, Junr. at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery,191.Regent Street." Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "MA" and "HRH 8 / 28"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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