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A Curricle Match (Primary Title)
A Few Ideas; Being Hints to All Would-Be Whips (Series Title)

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

1827
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (26.04 × 36.2 cm)
Plate: 8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in. (20.96 × 25.72 cm)
Image: 6 5/8 × 9 in. (16.83 × 22.86 cm)
85.1308.4
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: A CURRICLE MATCH. Printed beneath image lower left: Hy. Alken, delt. Printed beneath image in center: I have an IDEA my Lord, that no thing but time or a stone wall will stop them--and I'll bet a cool hundred / that Frank will not head them for the next mile./ London. Published by Thos. Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket,1827. Inscribed in graphite on verso: "HRH 16 / 31" and "89"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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