A Snared Hare (Primary Title)

Samuel Alken, English, 1784 - 1825 (Artist)

19th century
English
Drawings
Works On Paper
graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (27.62 × 33.97 cm)
Mount: 14 × 16 1/2 in. (35.56 × 41.91 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1149
Not on view
Signed in graphite lower left: S. Alken
Collectors mark of John Fitchett Marsh (Lugt 1455), lower right.
Inscribed in graphite on verso: "Saml Alken", "2/6" (?) and "HRH 17- 3A". Inscribed in ink on verso upper left: "H 2" (?). Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower right: S. ALKEN.
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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