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Moments of Fancy

Print
1822 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Soft ground etching, coloured by hand, depicting vignettes of gentlemanly pursuits including horse-riding, betting at Newmarket, and men in top hats and tails fighting, with humorous captions. Lettered with title, date and publisher's details.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMoments of Fancy (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Soft ground etching, coloured by hand
Brief description
Soft ground etching, coloured by hand, depicting humorous vignettes of gentlemanly pursuits entitled 'Moments of Fancy' by Henry Alken. Great Britain, 1822.
Physical description
Soft ground etching, coloured by hand, depicting vignettes of gentlemanly pursuits including horse-riding, betting at Newmarket, and men in top hats and tails fighting, with humorous captions. Lettered with title, date and publisher's details.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
  • Width: 34.7cm
Dimensions taken from Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Moments of Fancy
  • Published by Thos. McLean: Repository of Wit and Humour, 26 Haymarket 1822.
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Other number
26 - series number
Collection
Accession number
1233:159-1882

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
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