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Henry Thomas Alken
1784-1851
As the thing used to be done : as the thing is done
hand-colored etching
image: 253 x 351 mm; plate mark: 267 x 364 mm
Peel 2105
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Printed above title: Moments of fancy
Printed in lower left of image: Hy. Alken, Delt.
Trimmed at plate mark.
Summary:
Two contrasting rows of military men: at the top, two officers on horseback and two officers standing, one seen from the rear and one from the front, all dressed in relatively sober fashion; below, two horsemen and three standing officers, those standing in particularly elaborate dress.
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