Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Title:
A few ideas : being hints to all would-be whips.
Published / Created:
London : Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket, 1829.
Physical Description:
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF321.43.G7 A45 1829+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title.

Re-issue of the 1827 edition.

Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 31

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original printed tan wrappers. Bookplates: Duke of Gloucester; Schwerdt.

Six coaching scenes.
Contents:
Going in first rate style -- The passage of a cab -- A Curricle match -- The remains of a Stanhope -- Getting a team together -- A tandem not quite right.
Subject Terms:
Horse racing -- Great Britain. | Horse sports -- Great Britain. | Coaching (Transportation) -- Great Britain. | Carriages and carts -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | M'Lean, Thomas -- Publisher. | Gloucester, Duke of -- Bookplate. | Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard), 1862–1939 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1828.