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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

Specimens of riding near London

1821

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  • Creator

    Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

  • Title(s)

    Specimens of riding near London / drawn from life by Henry Alken.

  • Published/Created

    London : Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket, 1821.

  • Physical Description

    [3] pt. : all ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NC1479.A45 S64 1821+ Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio A 2011 57 Copy 3
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
    Host bibliographic record [Library Catalog]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Full YALE Library Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9999422533408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    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, 51
    Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, 74
    Van Devanter, W. Checklist of books illustrated by Henry Alken, 71
    Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints (2nd ed), p. 70
    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.

  • Subject Terms

    Dixon, Fitz Eugene -- Bookplate. |
    English wit and humor, Pictorial. |
    Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. |
    Horsemanship -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
    M'Lean, T. -- Publisher. |
    Riding habit -- Caricatures and cartoons.

  • Form/Genre

    Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1821.

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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.

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