Songs: "That Love's a Tyrant I can prove..." — Henry Thomas Alken|Thomas McLean | DiscoverArt

Henry Thomas Alken|Thomas McLean

Songs: "That Love's a Tyrant I can prove..."

1822

Soft-ground etching

20 × 25.7 cm (7.9 × 10.1 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Henry Thomas Alken|Thomas McLean

One Days Sport of Three Real Good Ones. The Corinthians making it up...by showing the Johnny Raws how to Grog it

One Days Sport of Three Real Good Ones. The Corinthians maki

One Day's Sport of Three Real Good Ones Numbers will beat Science...The Corinthians bear the brunt

One Day's Sport of Three Real Good Ones Numbers will beat Sc

Songs: "O would t'were my lot..."

Songs: "O would t'were my lot..."

Songs: "I am the boy for bewitching them..."

Songs: "I am the boy for bewitching them..."

Symptoms of a First Voyage

Symptoms of a First Voyage

Songs: "Mary, dear Mary list awake. And take the moon thy slumbers break..."

Songs: "Mary, dear Mary list awake. And take the moon thy sl

Songs: "My love she's so pretty..."

Songs: "My love she's so pretty..."

Songs: "Ye little loves that round her wait..."

Songs: "Ye little loves that round her wait..."

More like this

Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide

Victor Adam — Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide

So, show-off from Paris!.... you will dance twice with my Catherine.... try again now to make eyes at her!, from Pastorales (Romance of Country Life)

Honoré Daumier — So, show-off from Paris!.... you will dance

Miseries of London, or a Surly Saucy Hackney Coachman

Thomas Rowlandson — Miseries of London, or a Surly Saucy Hac

Musical Works of Ernest Doré: Souvenir of Alsace, Alsatian Dance - Title Page

Gustave Doré (French, 1832–1883) — Musical Works of Ernest D

"Ne laissez donc pas vôtre ami dans cet état-là!..," plate 4 from the series Vulgarités, published in Le Charivari

Aubert et Cie|Honoré Daumier — "Ne laissez donc pas vôtre am

The Auction House: The Dealers

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) — The Auction House: The

Counterfeit Confederate Notes Publicly Offered for Sale in the "City of Brotherly Love" (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck — Counterfeit Confederate Notes Publicly

Traffic

Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores|Henry Wigstead — Traffic

Les Français croquès par eux-mêmes: Vicomte, vous êtes bien laid comme ca!,,,Respect au soldat citoyen, mes dames...Citoyen, soldat, l'un ne vous va pas mieux que l'autre, mon cher!

Charles Vernier (French, 1831–1887) — Les Français croquès p

The Theatre: The Last Scene

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) — The Theatre: The Last

Free Negroes in the North (from Confederate War Etchings)

Adalbert John Volck — Free Negroes in the North (from Confed

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man

Théodore Gericault — Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man