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Get out of the way Sir; This fence is like small pox; Clearing the ditch; and Across the fields
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Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851)
Get out of the way Sir; This fence is like small pox; Clearing the ditch; and Across the fields
each signed 'H. Alken' (lower left); the first inscribed 'Get out of the way Sir for these things won't bear looking at' (upper left); and the second inscribed 'Hurry this fence is like the small pox a d- good thing when you get over it' (upper left)
pencil and watercolour
8 x 10 ¼ in. (20.4 x 25.9 cm.)
(4)four in the lot
Get out of the way Sir; This fence is like small pox; Clearing the ditch; and Across the fields
each signed 'H. Alken' (lower left); the first inscribed 'Get out of the way Sir for these things won't bear looking at' (upper left); and the second inscribed 'Hurry this fence is like the small pox a d- good thing when you get over it' (upper left)
pencil and watercolour
8 x 10 ¼ in. (20.4 x 25.9 cm.)
(4)four in the lot
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