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ALKEN, Henry. A Steeple Chase. London: S. and J. Fuller, March 1832.
Oblong 2° (355 x 510mm). 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.C. Bentley after Alken, tipped into an album, interleaved. (Without letterpress title.) Mid 20th-century brown half morocco and green cloth, upper cover with green morocco gilt title label, slipcase. Provenance: purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 1947.
A BOLD ATTEMPT TO CONVEY SPEED AND MOVEMENT IN A GRAND SET OF PLATES. The plates are not only larger than those issued under the same title in 1827 but also changed in composition. Whether the 1832 set originally had a printed title, like that of 1827, is unclear. Since some copies with the 1832 imprint are known to have later watermarks. it is hard to establish a firm date for this copy where no watermarks are evident. Siltzer p. 62; cf. Mellon/Snelgrove 67 (1827 set).
Oblong 2° (355 x 510mm). 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.C. Bentley after Alken, tipped into an album, interleaved. (Without letterpress title.) Mid 20th-century brown half morocco and green cloth, upper cover with green morocco gilt title label, slipcase. Provenance: purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 1947.
A BOLD ATTEMPT TO CONVEY SPEED AND MOVEMENT IN A GRAND SET OF PLATES. The plates are not only larger than those issued under the same title in 1827 but also changed in composition. Whether the 1832 set originally had a printed title, like that of 1827, is unclear. Since some copies with the 1832 imprint are known to have later watermarks. it is hard to establish a firm date for this copy where no watermarks are evident. Siltzer p. 62; cf. Mellon/Snelgrove 67 (1827 set).
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