Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849
Title:
Pierce Egan's book of sports, and mirror of life : embracing the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage / interspersed with original memoirs of sporting men, etc.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg, 73 Cheapside, and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow, 1832.
Physical Description:
iv, 414 pages : illustrations. ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View a digital version in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/brbldl_getrec.asp?fld=img&id=1103620
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Issued in 26 parts.
Subject Terms:
Sports. | Recreation -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Amusements. | Hunting. | Boxing. | Horse racing. | Stevens, R.N.H. Moore -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1832. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Contributors:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, illustrator. | Barenger, James, 1780-1831, illustrator. | Barraud, William, 1810-1850, illustrator. | Beckwith, Henry S., active 1835-1900, engraver. | Chalon, Henry Bernard, 1770-1849, illustrator. | Corbett, E., active 1843-1871, illustrator. | Cooper, Abraham, 1787-1868, illustrator. | Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, engraver. | Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, engraver. | Cook, H.R. (Henry R.), fl. 1800-1845, engraver. | Davis, Richard Barrett, 1782-1854, illustrator. | Duncan, Andrew, 1795- illustrator. | Engleheart, John H., engraver. | Engleheart, Timothy Stansfield, 1803-1879, engraver. | Greig, John, active 1803-1853, illustrator. | Hacker, Edward, 1813-1905, engraver. | Henderson, W., illustrator. | Herring, J. F. (John Frederick), 1795-1865, illustrator. | Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822, illustrator. | Hunt, J. B., active 1850-1880, engraver. | Josi, Charles, active 1827-1851, illustrator. | Lance, George, 1802-1864, illustrator. | Landells, Ebenezer, 1808-1860, engraver. | Prior, Thomas Abiel, 1809-1886, engraver. | Read, W., active 1824-1837, engraver. | Scott, John, 1774-1827, engraver. | Smith, Orrin, 1799-1843, engraver. | Spalding, C.B., illustrator. | Ward, James, 1769-1859, illustrator. | Webb, John, active 1805-1816, engraver. | Woodman, Richard, 1784-1859, engraver. | Larkins, Jeremiahm, binder. | T. T. and J. Tegg, publisher. | R. Griffin and Co., publisher.