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I Say Old Buck, Have You Any Idea... (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 with a watermark
European Art
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 3/8 in. (35.88 × 26.35 cm)
Plate: 10 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (27.31 × 21.27 cm)
Image: 8 7/16 × 7 1/4 in. (21.43 × 18.42 cm)
85.1306.7
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken. Delt. Printed beneath image in center (left column): "I say old Buck, have you any IDEA / where I can find the Hounds?"; (right column): "Begging your pardon Sir, I have an / IDEA you had better have a look at / them in the kennel." Printed in lower center margin: London, Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 20 Tichborne St. Haymarket, 1826. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 26" and "79"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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