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Facing a Brook... (Primary Title)
Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders (Series Title)
The Reverse of Sporting Phrases; from the Work entitled Indispensable Accomplishments (Alternate Title)

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

1815
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 in. (27.62 × 38.1 cm)
Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (22.54 × 30.16 cm)
Image: 7 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (19.05 × 26.67 cm)
85.1300.5
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: 5. Facing a Brook. verifying the old Adage, look before you leap./ London. Published 1st. Septr. 1815. by S & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 / 4A" and "11" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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