Songs: "Throwing off dull melancholy...". Artist: Henry Thomas Alken (British, London 1785-1851 London). Dimensions: Image: 7 7/8 × 10 in. (20 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (27.8 × 38 cm). Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, active London 1788-1885). Series/Portfolio: Illustrations to Popular Songs. Date: 1822. One sheet of a series of satires, designed as a song book. Composed of vignette scenes, each scene illustrating in a humourous fashion a single line from a popular song of the day. The imagery derives from hunting, shooting and horses, scenes from domestic life, fashion, to
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Songs: "Throwing off dull melancholy...". Artist: Henry Thomas Alken (British, London 1785-1851 London). Dimensions: Image: 7 7/8 × 10 in. (20 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (27.8 × 38 cm). Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, active London 1788-1885). Series/Portfolio: Illustrations to Popular Songs. Date: 1822. One sheet of a series of satires, designed as a song book. Composed of vignette scenes, each scene illustrating in a humourous fashion a single line from a popular song of the day. The imagery derives from hunting, shooting and horses, scenes from domestic life, fashion, town and country life, military and naval life. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.