Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Title:
The national sports of Great Britain / by Henry Alken ; fifty engravings, with descriptions.
Alternate Title(s):
Alken's Sports of Great Britain
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket, by Howlett and Brimmer, 10, Frith Street, Soho, 1825.
Physical Description:
vi p., [53] p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE960 .A4 1825+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A different collection from the one published under the same title in 1821, in folio.

Publisher's printed spine label: Alken's Sports of Great Britain. Fifty Coloured Plates. Price three guineas.

Plates have imprint date of 1824.

Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 121

Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 36-37

Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 43

Van Devanter, W. Checklist of books illlustrated by Henry Alken, 45

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in dark red striated half morocco, and marbled boards.
Subject Terms:
Sports -- Great Britain. | Hunting -- Great Britain. | Fox hunting -- Great Britain. | Horse racing -- Great Britain. | M'Lean, Thomas -- Publisher. | Howlett and Brimmer -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1825.