Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, The Quorn Hunt , [1835]
- Title(s):
- The Quorn Hunt : in a series of eight plates, beautifully coloured / from drawings by Henry Alken ; illustrating Nimrod's celebrated article on "English fox-hunting" in the Quarterly review.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published Feby. 1835 by Rudolph Ackermann, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street, [1835]
- Physical Description:
- 8 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 66 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2011 20 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2011 20 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9977925
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Aquatints by Frederick Christian Lewis; after Henry Alken.
Imprint from plates.
Cover title.
Alken's eight original watercolors reproduced here are now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Department of Prints and Drawings, B2001.2.578-585).
Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 18
Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. Hunting, hawking, shooting, III, p. 99-101
Van Devanter, W. Checklist of books illustrated by Henry Alken, 55
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is unbound, in tan wrappers printed in black.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is unbound; each print is individually matted. - Subject Terms:
- Ackermann, Rudolph -- Publisher.Fox hunting -- England -- Pictorial works.Quorn Hunt, England -- Pictorial works.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1835.
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