Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Title:
[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
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Imprint from Loves a bit of mischief and Being first entered to Vermin. The other other two prints lacks imprints.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Nimrod (Covert operative). Life of a sportsman -- Illustrations. | Sporting prints. | Hunting -- Pictorial works. | Fox hunting -- Pictorial works. | Stevens, R.N.H. Moore -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1838. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Sporting art.
Contributors:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834, publisher. | Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851. Loves a bit of mischief. | Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851. Being first entered to vermin. | Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851. Debut, or, First attempt at the brush. | Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851. First step to the coach-box.