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Henry Thomas Alken
1784-1851
A Phaeton and four
Published
London : Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26, Haymarket, 1822
hand-colored etching
image: 243 x 343 mm; plate mark: 257 x 354 mm
Peel 2106
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 part of image: Apollo was foolish ... he could not do more, / Than trust such as fool ... with a Phaeton & four.
Printed in lower left of image: Hy. Alken, Delt.
Trimmed at plate mark.
Printed above title: Moments of fancy
Printed in lower part of image: Apollo was foolish ... he could not do more, / Than trust such as fool ... with a Phaeton & four.
Printed in lower left of image: Hy. Alken, Delt.
Trimmed at plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Comic depiction of the Fall of Phaeton: a man in a classical toga seated in a chariot, his hands raised to his face in horror as his four horses fall from the sky.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
McLean, T. (Thomas), publisher.
McLean, T. (Thomas), publisher.
Classification
Department
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