Symptoms: of Promising a Vote, of Reminding an Elector, of a Bang up Drive in a Lunday, of Spoiling a Chicken, of Breaking a Hunter, of Reminding a Member, of a Convenient Memory.

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British, Symptoms: of Promising a Vote, of Reminding an Elector, of a Bang up Drive in a Lunday, of Spoiling a Chicken, of Breaking a Hunter, of Reminding a Member, of a Convenient Memory, between 1822 and 1827

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Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Title:: Symptoms: of Promising a Vote, of Reminding an Elector, of a Bang up Drive in a Lunday, of Spoiling a Chicken, of Breaking a Hunter, of Reminding a Member, of a Convenient Memory.
Part Of:: Collective Title: Symptoms of Being Amused
Date:: between 1822 and 1827
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 1/16 inches (17.9 × 23 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "[of privileged?] up you, of [I'm you?] promised"; upper center: "of a bang up drive on LUnddry"; upper right: "spoiling a Chicken"; center left: "of breaking - A Hunter"; center right: "of [sir?] you promised of don't [?] of"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B2001.2.571
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: couple | embrace | fence | genre subject | horse (animal) | horseback riders | horseback riding | jumping | kissing | men | whip | women
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Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46939
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