A cockney's shooting season, in Suffolk / by Henry Alken ; containing the remarkable adventures that actually occurred to a young cit on a visit to his friends in that county.

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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, A cockney's shooting season, in Suffolk , 1822

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Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Title(s):: A cockney's shooting season, in Suffolk / by Henry Alken ; containing the remarkable adventures that actually occurred to a young cit on a visit to his friends in that county.
Published/Created:: London : Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1822.
Physical Description:: 16 p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 39 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1479.A45 C63 1822+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/754938
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 384
BEIN 2005 Folio 149: Bookplate of Alfred Barmore Maclay. Original wrappers bound in.
In verse.
Printed by W. Lewis, Finch-lane, Cornhill.
Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, 48
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 22
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in original brown printed wrappers. Publisher's advertisements on back cover. Advertisement for McLean's "Sporting repository," 1 leaf, laid in at front.
Subject Terms:: English wit and humor, Pictorial.
Hunting -- Great Britain -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Lewis, W. -- Printer.
Maclay, Alfred Barmore -- Bookplate.
McLean, Thomas -- Publisher.
Satire, English.
Sports -- Great Britain -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Form/Genre:: Hand-colored illustrations.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1822.
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First view of a point, "What makes the stupid dog stand so?"
First view of a woodcock, "Mark that thing there, with the long bill!"
First shot flying, "He flies off his charger, and the birds fly away"
Ox bird, or Stint shooting, "A signal of distress"
First shot at a hare, "I've hit one of them, by George"
The best shot of all, "I'll never touch a gun more. I give you my pledge."

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