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The Coachman.
H. Alken del. G. Hunt sc.
[London, Published by Thomas McLean, Haymarket, 1822.]
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed within plate and around title, losing publisher's address, laid on album paper.
A coachman, wearing a 'garrick' greatcoat, is offered a tray of drinks by a maidservant. Behind a groom attends to the horses and two well-wrapped passengers look down from the coach. Hickman p259.
[Ref: 56630] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Military Discoveries.] On recovering from a swoon, you Discover it was occasioned by your horse being shot under you, and in the fall broke your leg; on looking round you see both friend and enemy leaving you in the lurch , that your only company are a pack of low bred things, who have actually had the honour to be killed by sword or bullet, while you have happened of nothing more than a common place accident.
[by Henry Thomas Alken.]
London, Published Mar 24, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Slight soiling, crack in bottom plate mark.
A cavalryman wakes to find the battle has moved on. From 'Military Discoveries or, The Miseries of campaigning in a series of seven plates being Hints to Young Officers' by Ben Tally-Ho, a pseudonym of Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), second son of Sanuel Alken. Rare: not in Abbey.
[Ref: 55783] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Military Discoveries.] Being awoke by a violent noise, and rushing from your quarters, you Discover your Colonel who commands you, immediately to resist a serious and unexpected attack made on the Camp by the Enemy, without waiting for any additonal Clothes
[by Henry Thomas Alken.]
London, Published Mar 24, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Men pulling on their clothes as their colonel swings his sabre, wearing only shirt, jacket and cap. From 'Military Discoveries or, The Miseries of campaigning in a series of seven plates being Hints to Young Officers' by Ben Tally-Ho, a pseudonym of Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), second son of Samuel Alken. Rare: not in Abbey.
[Ref: 55784] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Private Turn-Up, in the Drawing Room of a Noble Marquis.
Drawn & Etched by H. Alken, Esq.r.
[London. Published by Jones & Co. July 21, 1821.]
Trimmed to image on three sides, losing publication line at bottom, laid on album paper.
A bare-knuckle boxing match watched by a group of gentlemen. A Boxing image. From Pierce Egan's 'Real Life in London'. Abbey Life 280.
[Ref: 65148] £50.00
(£60.00 incl.VAT)
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