Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:
Symptoms: of Can't Wait, of Come-to Ther Glass, of Blood & Bone-Going Against Time, of the Reduced List, of Out of Cash & a-Little in Debt at an Inn, of In cash-at an Inn
Date:
between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 8 15/16 inches (19.1 × 22.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper center: "the other | of come to ther Glass"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center left: "of Can't Wait"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center right: "of Blood & bone, ('holding', scratched out ) going against time"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.427
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
bed | candles | genre subject | spear | people | horseback riders | men | horseback riding | skeleton | horse (animal)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46864