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Alken, Henry Thomas,
1784-1851,
ill.
Specimens of riding near London /
drawn from life by Henry Alken.
London :
Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket,
1821.
[3] pt. :
all ill. ;
26 x 37 cm.
Cover title.
Description of plates inside front covers.
Two original drawings from the series--"Fancy-View near Gray's Inn Road" and "The pleasure of riding in company"--are now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Department of Prints and Drawings, B2001.1.565-566).
Originally issued in 3 parts, in printed wrappers. Second edition issued in 1823 in boards. Cf. Van Devanter.
"Price half-a-guinea."--Foot of title page.
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860,
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Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints,
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Van Devanter, W. Checklist of books illustrated by Henry Alken,
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Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints (2nd ed),
p. 70
One of the comforts of riding in company -- Symptoms of things going down hill -- The pleasure of riding in company. (One would stop if the other could.) -- Preparing for the Easter Hunt. (I shall be over Jack.) -- The consequence of having plenty of company on the road -- A things of the last consequence -- Perfectly satisfied -- Dissatisfied -- Delighted -- Displeas'd -- Surpris'd -- Terrified -- Taste. View near Knightsbridge -- Lords. View in Hyde Park -- Yeomanry of England paying a visit -- Fancy. View near Grays Inn Road -- Folly. View near Acton -- Knights. View in the City Road.
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy NC1479.A45 S64 1821+ bound in the original parts, in printed wrappers. Bookplate: Fitz Eugene Dixon. The Folio A 2011 57 Copy 3 is part of a compilation of titles by Henry Alken issued by his publisher T. McLean with the spine title British sportsman's vede mecum. Bound in gilt-tooled brown calf. Plates mounted two-to-a-page.
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
Horsemanship
Caricatures and cartoons.
Riding habit
Caricatures and cartoons.
Great Britain
Social life and customs
19th century.
Soft-ground etchings
Hand-colored
1821.
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Chron.
1821.
M'Lean, T.
Publisher.
Dixon, Fitz Eugene
Bookplate.
British sportsman's vade mecum.