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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Title(s):
Tutors assistant / Hy. Alken.
Published/Created:
London : Thos. McLean, 1823.
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all col. ill. ; 28 x 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2011 57 Copy 3
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2012 4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Comprises 24 images on 6 engraved plates, humorously illustrating elements of English grammar.
Each leaf has caption: "Hy. Alken delt. London, Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of wit & humour, 26 Haymarket, 1823."
Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints (2nd ed), p. 71
Van Devanter, W. Checklist of books illustrated by Henry Alken, 87
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 59
BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2012 4 copy is bound in blue gilt-tooled morocco. Armorial bookplate: Walter Gilbey. Has bound with it: [1] Two untitled soft-ground etchings, by Henry Alken, depicting foreign (?) cavalry officers, with horses. "London, Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, 1824." [2] A pair of humours soft-ground etchings by Alken titled "Comparitive prints," the first subtitled "Knights as they were," the second "Knights as they are." These also bear the imprint of McClean, 1824.
BAC: British Art Center Folio A 2011 57 Copy 3 is part of a compilation of titles by Henry Alken issued by his publisher T. McLean. Spine title: British sportsman's vade mecum. Plates mounted two-to-a-page.
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
English language -- Humor -- Pictorial works.
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
Gilbey, Walter -- Bookplate.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Humor.
McLean, Thos. -- Publisher.
Regency -- England.
Satire, English.
Form/Genre:
Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1821.
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