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A few ideas, caught on Easter Monday
Title
A few ideas, caught on Easter Monday.
Published
London : Published by Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket, 1828.
Physical Description
[6] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 36 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in original buff papers wrappers printed in black.
Notes
Etchings after Heny Alken.
Cover title.
Tooley includes this series in a set of Alken plates entitled: Ideas, accidental and incidental to hunting and other sports.
Summary
A set of six satirical prints on an English fox hunt.
Plates depicting humorous equestrian incidents and the dangers often associated when out hunting and not fully in control of your horse.
Variant and related titles
Ideas, accidental and incidental to hunting and other sports.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 23, 2011
References
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 36
Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, 27
Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints (2nd ed) p. 72
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Soft-ground etchings - Hand-colored - 1828.
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