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 Manuscripts Folio B 2011 20 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts Folio B 2011 20 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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. 18Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. Hunting, hawking, shooting, III, p. 99-101Van Devanter, W. Checklist of books illustrated by Henry Alken, 55BAC: 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:
Quorn Hunt, England -- Pictorial works. | Fox hunting -- England -- Pictorial works. | Ackermann, Rudolph -- Publisher.