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![[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;](jpegs/55783.jpg)
[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.
Rare coloured aquatint, J. Whatman 1818 watermark; 23 x 300 (9 x 11¾") very large margins. 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)
[by Henry Thomas Alken.]
London, Published Mar 24, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Rare coloured aquatint, J. Whatman 1818 watermark; 23 x 300 (9 x 11¾") very large margins. 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.]](jpegs/55784.jpg)
[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.
Rare coloured aquatint. 23 x 300 (9 x 11¾") very large margins.
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)
[by Henry Thomas Alken.]
London, Published Mar 24, 1819 by S. & J. Fuller, Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone Place.
Rare coloured aquatint. 23 x 300 (9 x 11¾") very large margins.
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.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 110 x 185mm (4¼ x 7¼"). 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)
Drawn & Etched by H. Alken, Esq.r.
[London. Published by Jones & Co. July 21, 1821.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 110 x 185mm (4¼ x 7¼"). 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)