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Studious Gluttons

Artist and publisher Samuel Alken British
After Thomas Rowlandson British
October 1788
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Studious Gluttons
  • Artist and publisher: Samuel Alken (British, London 1756–1815 London)
  • Artist: After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Date: October 1788
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 16 7/8 in. (34 × 42.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.262
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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