Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Title:
Moments of fancy and whim / by Henry Alken.
Alternate Title(s):
Moments of fancy
Published / Created:
London : Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823.
Physical Description:
14 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 29 x 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title from cover.
Contents:
A phaeton and four -- Not a bit of fancy -- Real English fancy -- A fancy man -- Past consideration -- Got an engagement -- There is a pleasure in being mad -- A day nurse -- Who would bear the many shocks that flesh is heir to -- How dangerous it is, that this man goes loose -- No fancy for a waggon -- Playing at soldiers -- As the things used to be done -- Good for neither or the other.
Subject Terms:
Satire, English. | English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Regency -- England. | Flick, Reuben Jay -- Bookplate. | M'Lean, Thomas -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Hand-colored illustrations. | Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1823.