They May Call This Pleasure... (Primary Title)
A Few Ideas; Being Hints to All Would-Be Meltonians (Series Title)

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

1826
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 9/16 in. (36.2 × 26.83 cm)
Plate: 10 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (26.19 × 20.64 cm)
Image: 8 1/4 × 7 in. (20.96 × 17.78 cm)
85.1306.2
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken, Delt. Printed beneath image in center: They may call this pleasure, but I have an IDEA that it has brought me into / considerable trouble./ London. Published by Thos. Mc.Lean. 26, Haymarket. 1826. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 /23" and "73"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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