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Returning Home in Triumph... (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 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (27.31 × 37.47 cm)
Plate: 9 × 11 7/8 in. (22.86 × 30.16 cm)
Image: 7 9/16 × 10 1/2 in. (19.21 × 26.67 cm)
85.1300.7
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: 7. Returning Home in Triumph. / He disdain'd a Slothful Easy Life; so took to Hunting./ London, Published 1st. Septr. 1815, by S & J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone Place. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 12 /5A" and "15" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
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