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Studies of Figures and of a Bull Scattering Market Vendors (Primary Title)

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

19th century
English
Drawings
Works On Paper
Recto: graphite on thin wove paper with a watermark; Verso: printing and manuscript ink
European Art
Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 1/8 in. (18.89 × 23.18 cm)
Mount: 10 1/2 × 12 1/8 in. (26.67 × 30.8 cm)
Mat: 12 1/2 × 19 in. (31.75 × 48.26 cm)
85.860
Not on view
Print on verso (lithograph or soft ground etching?), annotated in (iron gall?) ink. Artist has traced over printed images on recto
Inscribed in ink on verso: "...for an affair of--"; "of doubtful subjects", "...or that money makes __ m__" (?), "of a wild subject", "good luck" and "...that no good in d___/ ... or Hunting" (?)
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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