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The Diversion of the Bow. Le Jeu de l'Arc.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾". Trimmed within plate, some creasing.
Rustics aim at a makeshift target. An archery image.
[Ref: 63910] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sparring at the Fives Court.
Drawn & Etched by H. Alken Esq.r.
London, Publlished as the Act directs, by Jones & C.º May 1st 1821.]
Hand coloured etching. 125 x 205mm (5 x 8"). Trimmed within plate, colour faded.
Gentlemen stand watching two men boxing in a raised ring at the Fives Court in St Martins Street, London. After an illustration by Henry Alken from 'Real Life in London, or, the Further Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin The Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis'.
[Ref: 63954] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
This Plate representing the Meeting of the Royal British Bowmen in the Grounds of Erthig, Denbighshire, the Seat of Simon Yorke Esqr., on Sept.r 13th, 1822, is respectfully dedicated to that Society by One of its Members.
J. Townshend del.t. [Coloured from the original drawing by W. H. Timms.] Engraved by Bennett.
[Published as the Act directs 1823.]
Fine coloured aquatint. Sheet 240 x 300mm (9½ x 11¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom losing text.
A party of men and women in green practising archery beside a white tent on the banks of a river. On the hill on the opposite bank is a country house, Erthig in Denbighshire, Wales, belonging to Simon Yorke. Yorke (1771 - 1834) was sheriff of Denbighshire from 1807 and MP for Grantham 1793 - 1802.
[Ref: 63911] £280.00
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