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Four Prints of Racing: "Going Off for the First Heat", "Between the Heats", "Coming in for the Last Heat" and "The Winner at the Weighing House" (Primary Title)

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

1831
English
Works On Paper
Prints
Hand-colored etching and aquatint on wove paper
European Art
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 15 5/16 in. (29.85 × 38.89 cm)
Plate: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (27.62 × 35.24 cm)
Image (each vignette): 3 3/8 × 4 13/16 in. (8.57 × 12.22 cm)
Other (matted): 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1316
Not on view
Printed in center of sheet: FOUR PRINTS / of / Racing / by / HENRY ALKEN. Printed beneath image, upper left: "Going off for the first heat."; upper right: "Between the heats."; lower left: "Coming in for the last heat."; lower right: "The Winner at the Weighing House." Printed lower center: Published April,1831, by R. Ackermann, Junr. at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "531" and "HRH 8 / 30"; in center: "31" (in circle).
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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