A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
VAT included (see terms) | Exclude VAT
Racing.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), with large margins.
A sporting scene showing a horse race watched by a huge crowd of men and women watching on from the side line and carriages. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46277] £320.00
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), with large margins.
A sporting scene showing a horse race watched by a huge crowd of men and women watching on from the side line and carriages. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46277] £320.00
Salmon Fishing.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Aquatint with fine hand-colour, J. Whatman 1820 watermark. Plate: 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), with large margins. Very slight stain in title area, & slight offsetting.
A fishing scene showing three men fishing salmon with the long rods, one man has a salmon in his basket. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46282] £350.00
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Aquatint with fine hand-colour, J. Whatman 1820 watermark. Plate: 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), with large margins. Very slight stain in title area, & slight offsetting.
A fishing scene showing three men fishing salmon with the long rods, one man has a salmon in his basket. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46282] £350.00
Salmon Fishing.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 265 x 349mm. 10½ x 13¾". Frame 445 x 533mm. 17½ x 21".
Three gentlemen standing on the river bank fishing for salmon, the nearest man with a salmon tail sticking out a basket behind his back. A large house with two towers can be seen behind up on the cliff. Plate 37 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25708] £550.00
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 265 x 349mm. 10½ x 13¾". Frame 445 x 533mm. 17½ x 21".
Three gentlemen standing on the river bank fishing for salmon, the nearest man with a salmon tail sticking out a basket behind his back. A large house with two towers can be seen behind up on the cliff. Plate 37 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25708] £550.00
Setters.
H. Alken del.t. I.Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T.McLean, Jan.y. 1.1820.
Coloured aquatint. Paper watermarked: Whatman 1824. Plate 280 x 381mm. 11 x 15". Marking around the image.
Three setters running in the rolling hills of the British countryside.
[Ref: 63] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I.Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T.McLean, Jan.y. 1.1820.
Coloured aquatint. Paper watermarked: Whatman 1824. Plate 280 x 381mm. 11 x 15". Marking around the image.
Three setters running in the rolling hills of the British countryside.
[Ref: 63] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Skittles.]](jpegs/55615.jpg)
[Skittles.]
H. Alken del.t et sculp.t.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, May Market, 1820.
Coloured etching. 195 x 250mm (7¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate at top. Small margins.
A well-dressed group play skittles, while a woman serves drinks.
[Ref: 55615] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t et sculp.t.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean, May Market, 1820.
Coloured etching. 195 x 250mm (7¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate at top. Small margins.
A well-dressed group play skittles, while a woman serves drinks.
[Ref: 55615] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Sledging. Working up to a Wake.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
[T. McLean.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight text offset.
A sporting scene showing a figure lying on a sledge with a large gun aimed across the water ready to shoot at ducks. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46236] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
[T. McLean.]
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight text offset.
A sporting scene showing a figure lying on a sledge with a large gun aimed across the water ready to shoot at ducks. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46236] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sleighing in North America.
H. Alken [ms]
London, Pub.d 1844 by J.W. Laird, 1 Leadenhall St.
Aqautint with hand-colouring, rare, platemark 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Repairs.
Sleighing scene by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), one of a famous family of painters and engravers. Beginning in 1813, Henry designed prints for London's leading sporting printsellers, specializing in field sports and coaching scenes. While Alken occasionally provided illustrations for travel books (including one on Rio de Janeiro), this American scene is an oddity in his work as a whole.
Not in Abbey
[Ref: 43411] £480.00
H. Alken [ms]
London, Pub.d 1844 by J.W. Laird, 1 Leadenhall St.
Aqautint with hand-colouring, rare, platemark 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Repairs.
Sleighing scene by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), one of a famous family of painters and engravers. Beginning in 1813, Henry designed prints for London's leading sporting printsellers, specializing in field sports and coaching scenes. While Alken occasionally provided illustrations for travel books (including one on Rio de Janeiro), this American scene is an oddity in his work as a whole.
Not in Abbey
[Ref: 43411] £480.00
Snipe Shooting.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 202 x 254mm. 8 x 10". Frame 394 x 439mm. 15½ x 17¼". Slight offsetting.
Two gentlemen standing at the edge of a marsh plain, with lighthouse in the background. Accompanied by two dogs, one man looks up trying to spot snipe. Plate 27 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25713] £350.00
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 202 x 254mm. 8 x 10". Frame 394 x 439mm. 15½ x 17¼". Slight offsetting.
Two gentlemen standing at the edge of a marsh plain, with lighthouse in the background. Accompanied by two dogs, one man looks up trying to spot snipe. Plate 27 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25713] £350.00
Snipe Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
A scene in marshland in which two men and their dogs flush out snipe. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46241] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 280mm (8¾ x 11"), with very large margins.
A scene in marshland in which two men and their dogs flush out snipe. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46241] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Spaniels.
H. Alken del.t. I.Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T.McLean, Jan.y 1.1820.
Etching with coloured aquatint. 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Minor discolouration to sky area top left.
[Ref: 64] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I.Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T.McLean, Jan.y 1.1820.
Etching with coloured aquatint. 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"). Minor discolouration to sky area top left.
[Ref: 64] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sporting Anecdotes - the Hunted Tailor. - Plate 9. The Double Fracture___Or Breaking the Sabbath, and breaking the Window. 'John Bishop a brisk looking knight of the thimble & shears, being tired of sitting cross-legged all the week resolved one Sunday upon having a day's Sporting, & while pursuing this recreation at Notting Hill, he espied a cock sparrow, chattering to his newly chosen mate on an opposite twig. The temptation to have a pop at his at all hazards, was irrisistible, & accordingly our sportsman levelled his piece, & having carefully closed both eyes pulled the trigger... Police Report, Morning Herald, Febry. 25 1834.'
H. Alken Delt.
Pubd. March, 1831. by R. Ackermann, Junr. At his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint. 370 x 270mm.
A sporting incident in rural Notting Hill.
Siltzer page.62.
[Ref: 65] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken Delt.
Pubd. March, 1831. by R. Ackermann, Junr. At his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street.
Coloured aquatint. 370 x 270mm.
A sporting incident in rural Notting Hill.
Siltzer page.62.
[Ref: 65] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Sporting Meeting in the Highlands.
H.Alken del.t I. Clark Sculp.t
London, Published by T. McLean Jan.y 1.1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Whatman watermark 1819. 280 x 380mm. 11 x 15". Slight damage.
Men in tartans and kilts gather before a tent in the Scottish Highlands; hunters with rabbit and stags and their hounds. Published as one of 50 plates for Henry Alken's folio of "National Sports of Great Britain", plate 17.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 19217] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
H.Alken del.t I. Clark Sculp.t
London, Published by T. McLean Jan.y 1.1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Whatman watermark 1819. 280 x 380mm. 11 x 15". Slight damage.
Men in tartans and kilts gather before a tent in the Scottish Highlands; hunters with rabbit and stags and their hounds. Published as one of 50 plates for Henry Alken's folio of "National Sports of Great Britain", plate 17.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 19217] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Stag Hounds.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 248 x 336mm. 9¾ x 13¼". Frame 411 x 502mm. 16¼ x 19¾".
Described as Stag Hounds, but look closer to the English Fox Hound or The English Coonhound. Plate 7 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25709] £320.00
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 248 x 336mm. 9¾ x 13¼". Frame 411 x 502mm. 16¼ x 19¾".
Described as Stag Hounds, but look closer to the English Fox Hound or The English Coonhound. Plate 7 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25709] £320.00
Stag Hounds.
H.Alken delt. I.Clark sculpt.
London, Published by T. Mclean, Jany, 1st, 1820.
Coloured aquatint. 275 x 380mm.
[Ref: 66] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
H.Alken delt. I.Clark sculpt.
London, Published by T. Mclean, Jany, 1st, 1820.
Coloured aquatint. 275 x 380mm.
[Ref: 66] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Stag Hunting.
H. Alken del.t. J. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), on Whatman Turkey Mill paper dated 1819, with large margins. Faint text offset.
Hunting a stag with hounds. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46269] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. J. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Aquatint with fine hand colour. 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾"), on Whatman Turkey Mill paper dated 1819, with large margins. Faint text offset.
Hunting a stag with hounds. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46269] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Terriers.
H, Alken del.t. I.Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T.McLean, Jan.y. 1.1820.
Coloured aquatint. 270 x 380mm. Small mark in sky.
Seven assorted terriers.
[Ref: 67] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
H, Alken del.t. I.Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T.McLean, Jan.y. 1.1820.
Coloured aquatint. 270 x 380mm. Small mark in sky.
Seven assorted terriers.
[Ref: 67] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Transportation] Songs.](jpegs/54374.jpg)
[Transportation] Songs. While Happy in my Native Land. Adieu Adieu my Native land. Begone dull care. A Hogshead was offer'd at Bacchus's Schrine. Love has Eyes.
Hen.y Alken, Del.t.
London, Published by Thomas McLean: Repository of Wit & Humour 26, Haymarket, 1822.
Coloured etching. 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾"), with wide margins.
Four scenes illustrating song titles. 'Adieu Adieu my Native land', by Lord Byron, shows shackled men being taken for transportation to Australia.
[Ref: 54374] £350.00
Hen.y Alken, Del.t.
London, Published by Thomas McLean: Repository of Wit & Humour 26, Haymarket, 1822.
Coloured etching. 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾"), with wide margins.
Four scenes illustrating song titles. 'Adieu Adieu my Native land', by Lord Byron, shows shackled men being taken for transportation to Australia.
[Ref: 54374] £350.00
Tutors Assistant.
H.y Alken, Del.t.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1823.
Soft ground etching with handcolour. Plate: 255 x 215mm (10 x 8½"). Some marks and pinholes in margins.
A humorous series of illustrations of grammatical terms such as A Verb Neuter, a Verb Active.
[Ref: 40926] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
H.y Alken, Del.t.
London, Published by Tho.s McLean Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1823.
Soft ground etching with handcolour. Plate: 255 x 215mm (10 x 8½"). Some marks and pinholes in margins.
A humorous series of illustrations of grammatical terms such as A Verb Neuter, a Verb Active.
[Ref: 40926] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Water Hen Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), with very large margins.
A sporting in which two men and their dogs flush out a moorhen. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46238] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), with very large margins.
A sporting in which two men and their dogs flush out a moorhen. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46238] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Water Hen Shooting.
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 234 x 330mm. 9¼ x 13". Frame 420 x 520mm. 16½ x 20½".
Two gentleman with rifles accompanied by four dogs, chasing water hen, one of which flies out into the open panicked, pursued by a dog. Plate 29 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25710] £350.00
H. Alken del.t I. Clark sculp.t
London, Published by T, Mc.Lean, Jany. 1. 1820.
Hand-coloured aquatint, Arthur Ackermann framed. Visible sheet area 234 x 330mm. 9¼ x 13". Frame 420 x 520mm. 16½ x 20½".
Two gentleman with rifles accompanied by four dogs, chasing water hen, one of which flies out into the open panicked, pursued by a dog. Plate 29 from 'National Sports of Great Britain'.
Siltzer: p.70.
[Ref: 25710] £350.00
Wild Fowl Shooting.
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing two men slowly creeping towards the waters edge with their two spaniels. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46237] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H. Alken del.t. I. Clark sculp.t.
London, Published by T. McLean, Jan.y 1. 1820.
Fine hand-coloured aquatint. Plate: 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins. Slight offsetting.
A sporting scene showing two men slowly creeping towards the waters edge with their two spaniels. From 'The National Sports of Great Britain' by Henry Alken.
[Ref: 46237] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)