book of prints;
print
- Museum number
- 1917,1208.21.1-41
- Description
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'Scraps from the sketch book of Henry Alken, engraved by himself, containing forty-two coloured plates' (London: Thomas McLean) 1823; containing 42 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings by Alken showing mostly sporting scenes, with multiple vignettes per plate; including frontispiece showing vignettes of a horse and dog's head, two men on horseback, a dog running and a hunter with two dogs, title-page and bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, at West Park. Bound in red half-leather, label on cover with gold tooled title and border.
Soft-ground etching, hand-coloured
- Production date
- 1820-1823
- Dimensions
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Height: 252 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each sheet)
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Width: 360 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Scraps from the sketch book of Henry Alken
- Acquisition date
- 1917
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1917,1208.21.1-41
