![ALKEN, Henry. [Shooting, or One Day's Sport of Three Real Good Ones, however ignorant of sporting rules]. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [Whatman 1822 watermark]. Oblong 2° (270 x 365mm). 6 hand-coloured etched plates, signed 'Hy. Alken, Delt'. (Without the letterpress title and 7pp. of text.) Green half morocco by Riviere, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance: [Maggi-Spaulding, sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, 2005, part lot 91].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_04354_0051_000(alken_henry_shooting_or_one_days_sport_of_three_real_good_ones_however121150).jpg?w=1)
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ALKEN, Henry. [Shooting, or One Day's Sport of Three Real Good Ones, however ignorant of sporting rules]. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823 [Whatman 1822 watermark]. Oblong 2° (270 x 365mm). 6 hand-coloured etched plates, signed 'Hy. Alken, Delt'. (Without the letterpress title and 7pp. of text.) Green half morocco by Riviere, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance: [Maggi-Spaulding, sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, 2005, part lot 91].
FINE COPY of this 'rare and amusing set, in fine colouring, which represents Cockney shooting scenes' (Schwerdt). Each plate carries the short title 'One Day's Sport of Three Real Good Ones' at the upper margin and a caption at lower. The three Cockneys, or 'Corinthians' as they are also called, include an ill-shaven poodle among their gun dogs and eventually set about the point-blank shooting of a tame herd of geese. This leads to a fight with local yokels, after which both groups carouse together in the village inn, 'a vivid, if somewhat indecorous' final illustration. Mellon/Snelgrove 49; Schwerdt I, p. 21 & plt. 13; Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 49.
FINE COPY of this 'rare and amusing set, in fine colouring, which represents Cockney shooting scenes' (Schwerdt). Each plate carries the short title 'One Day's Sport of Three Real Good Ones' at the upper margin and a caption at lower. The three Cockneys, or 'Corinthians' as they are also called, include an ill-shaven poodle among their gun dogs and eventually set about the point-blank shooting of a tame herd of geese. This leads to a fight with local yokels, after which both groups carouse together in the village inn, 'a vivid, if somewhat indecorous' final illustration. Mellon/Snelgrove 49; Schwerdt I, p. 21 & plt. 13; Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 49.