ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851) [and J. Harris, engraver (c. 1791-1873)]
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Verkauft
2016GBP £ 2 016
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| Veranstaltungsort | Vereinigtes Königreich, London |
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ID 992982
Los 54 | ALKEN, Henry Thomas (1785-1851) [and J. Harris, engraver (c. 1791-1873)]
Schätzwert
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Fore’s Steeple Chase Scenes. London: Messrs. Fores, [1848].
Remarkably clean suite of plates illustrating scenes from various steeplechases. Each plate is captioned below with the name of the jump depicted and a small verse which acts as a racing commentary, animatedly narrating the illustrated scene. The wrapper advertises the price of the coloured set as £2.12.6. Bobins II, 776; Mellon/Snelgrove p.28; Siltzer, p.73; Van Devanter 28.
Oblong folio (455 x 626mm). 6 aquatint plates, finished in contemporary hand-colour and heightened with gum arabic, loose as issued. Original lithographic wrappers, front wrapper decorated with green roll tool decorative border and ornate foliate corner pieces, rear wrapper with publisher’s ads (small marginal tears to wrappers, larger tear to front wrapper repaired with tape); housed in modern brown cloth clamshell box with brown morocco label to cover, lettered and decorated in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed).
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| Künstler: | Henry Thomas Alken (1785 - 1851) |
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| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Gedruckte Bücher |
| Künstler: | Henry Thomas Alken (1785 - 1851) |
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| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Gedruckte Bücher |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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