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

1818
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored aquatint with touches of etching on wove paper
European Art
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark): 14 × 17 5/8 in. (35.56 × 44.77 cm)
Image: 11 15/16 × 15 7/8 in. (30.32 × 40.32 cm)
85.1311.1
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: H Alken del. Printed beneath image lower right: T Sutherland sculp. Printed beneath image in center: "GOING TO COVER./ ....1818 by Thos Palser Surrey Side Westminster Bridge" (partially illegible due to weak printing). Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "HRH.V.7, p.23", "436", and "7 / 23"; upper right: (illegible) "...Prints"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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