Doing the thing and the thing done : in a series of sporting plates / by Ben Tally-Ho ; author of "Sporting discoveries, or The miseries of driving," and "Sporting discoveries, or The miseries of hunting," &c. &c.
Published / Created:
London : Published by S. and J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, [1818]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates : all ill., 28 x 39 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2011 25Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
By Henry Thomas Alken.Cover title.Plates are dated 1818 (March 2 and April 5).Alken's original watercolors for the set (except "Doing it furiously") are now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Prints and Drawings, B2001.2.538-544).British sporting and animal prints, 1658-1874, p. 11Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. Hunting, hawking, shooting, I, p. 13Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints (2nd ed) p. 69Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860 24BAC: British Art Center copy: Stitched in original tan wrappers; printed in black. Publisher's advertisements verso of front cover and front and back of back cover. Slipcase with the armorial bookplate of Fitz Eugene Dixon.
Contents:
Morning. Turning out in prime twig, doing the least you can -- Afternoon. Returning home in fine trim, doing the most you can -- Doing the thing well, giving dribblers the go bye -- Doing it no how -- Doing it somehow -- Doing it furiously -- Doing the down leap -- The down leap done.
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting -- England -- Pictorial works. | Hunting -- Pictorial works. | Hunt riding -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works. | S. & J. Fuller -- Publisher. | Dixon, Fitz Eugene -- Bookplate.