Going home, Meltonians as the are (1823)
Henry Thomas Alken1823 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1851)
Specifications
- Year
- 1823
- Nationality / school
- English
- Lifespan
- 1785–1851
About the artwork
Dated 1823, "Going home, Meltonians as the are" is an artwork by Henry Thomas Alken. About the period around 1823: The invention of lithography around 1796 and its spread in these decades made printed images cheaper and more varied. The first half of the nineteenth century moved from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, which placed emotion, nature, and the sublime at the centre of painting. Background on Illustration: Printing methods such as woodcut, engraving, lithography, and photomechanical reproduction each shaped how illustrators worked. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are often described as a golden age of book and magazine illustration. The catalogue places it in Illustration. The format is landscape.
"Going home, Meltonians as the are" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
English, 1785–1851
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