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Henry Thomas Alken

Moments of Fancy

Description

Maker

Henry Thomas Alken (British, 1785-1851), designer
Thomas McLean, publisher

Title

Moments of Fancy

Year

1822

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

hand coloring, soft-ground etching

Supports

Dimensions

24.3 x 34.3 cm (9 9/16 x 13 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso: inscribed in pencil in LL corner:9/30/70 A-Z/Michel; inscribed in LR:NLXX; inscribed in LL of mount:9/30/70 A-2/MICHELIn Plate--titled in UC:MOMENTS OF FANCY./ A Phaeton and Four.; inscribed in LL:H..y Alken, Del†; inscribed in LC:Apollo was Foolish....He could not do more,/Than trust such a fool...with a Phaeton & four./London, Published by Tho.,s McLean: Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket 1822

Marks: Watermark:J WHATMAN/1822

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

70.136

Type

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Henry Thomas Alken (British, 1785-1851), designer
Thomas McLean, publisher
Moments of Fancy, 1822
soft-ground etching; hand coloring
24.3 x 34.3 cm (9 9/16 x 13 1/2 inches) (plate)
Museum Works of Art Fund 70.136

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