Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Title:
How to qualify for a Meltonian : addressed to all would-be Meltonians.
Published / Created:
London : S. & J. Fuller, 1819.
Physical Description:
[3] leaves, 6 leaves of plates : col ill. ; 25 x 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2011 60
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes:
Introductory text signed: Ben Tally-Ho.

Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, 10

Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints, p.58

Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 29

BAC: British Art Center copy is bound in gilt-tooled red morocco, by Riviere & Son. Armorial bookplates: R.N.H. Moore Stevens; Alain de Suzannet.

Engravings of equestrian scenes.
Contents:
1. How to go to cover -- 2. How to appear at cover -- 3. How to ride down hill -- 4. How to take a leap -- 5. How to go thro' an overflow -- 6. How to take the lead.
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting -- Pictorial works. | English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Horse sports -- Pictorial works. | S. & J. Fuller -- Publisher. | Stevens, R. N. H. Moore -- Bookplate. | Suzannet, Alain de -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance) | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1819.