Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, [Additional illustrations for Nimrod's The life of a sportsman], 1838
- Title(s):
- [Additional illustrations for Nimrod's The life of a sportsman].
- Published/Created:
- London : Pubd. by R. Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent St., 1838.
- Physical Description:
- 4 prints : hand-colored aquatints ; sheets 15 x 22 cm, in mats 19 x 27 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSK285 .N56 1842+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12550783
- Classification:
- Prints
- Notes:
- Imprint from Loves a bit of mischief and Being first entered to Vermin. The other other two prints lacks imprints.
BAC: British Art Center copy: Hand-colored aquatints. 1842. Bookplate: R.N.H. Moore Stevens.
Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. Hunting, hawking, shooting, volume 1, page 37-38
Four hand-colored aquatint illustrations apparently intended (but not used) for the first edition of Nimrod's Life of a sportsman (London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1842.) - Subject Terms:
- Fox hunting -- Pictorial works.Hunting -- Pictorial works.Nimrod (Covert operative). Life of a sportsman -- Illustrations.Sporting prints.Stevens, R.N.H. Moore -- Bookplate.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1838.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Sporting art. - Export:
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- Loves a bit of mischief
- Being first entered to vermin
- The debut, or, First attempt at the brush
- The first step to the coach-box.
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