Songs: "Music hath power to melt the ", Henry Thomas Alken, 1822

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Songs: 'Music hath power to melt the ', 1822, Soft ground etching, Image: 7 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (20 × cm), Prints, Henry Thomas Alken (British, London 1785–1851 London), 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

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Size: 5178px × 4160px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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