ALKEN, Henry. 'Throwing Off'; 'Breaking Cover'; 'In Full Cry'; 'The Death' [untitled fox-hunting series]. London: S. and J. Fuller, 1 February 1813. A set of 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Clark and Dubourg after Alken printed on brown or grey paper (411 x 506mm), window-mounted in oblong 2° album (507 x 610mm), with the addition of modern letterpress title. (Margins browned and with restoration including closed tear to plate 1.) Green half morocco by Aquarius, gilt-lettered spine and morocco cover label. | Christie's

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ALKEN, Henry. 'Throwing Off'; 'Breaking Cover'; 'In Full Cry'; 'The Death' [untitled fox-hunting series]. London: S. and J. Fuller, 1 February 1813. A set of 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Clark and Dubourg after Alken printed on brown or grey paper (411 x 506mm), window-mounted in oblong 2° album (507 x 610mm), with the addition of modern letterpress title. (Margins browned and with restoration including closed tear to plate 1.) Green half morocco by Aquarius, gilt-lettered spine and morocco cover label.

ALKEN, Henry. 'Throwing Off'; 'Breaking Cover'; 'In Full Cry'; 'The Death' [untitled fox-hunting series]. London: S. and J. Fuller, 1 February 1813. A set of 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Clark and Dubourg after Alken printed on brown or grey paper (411 x 506mm), window-mounted in oblong 2° album (507 x 610mm), with the addition of modern letterpress title. (Margins browned and with restoration including closed tear to plate 1.) Green half morocco by Aquarius, gilt-lettered spine and morocco cover label.

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ALKEN, Henry. 'Throwing Off'; 'Breaking Cover'; 'In Full Cry'; 'The Death' [untitled fox-hunting series]. London: S. and J. Fuller, 1 February 1813. A set of 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Clark and Dubourg after Alken printed on brown or grey paper (411 x 506mm), window-mounted in oblong 2° album (507 x 610mm), with the addition of modern letterpress title. (Margins browned and with restoration including closed tear to plate 1.) Green half morocco by Aquarius, gilt-lettered spine and morocco cover label.

THE EARLIEST RECORDED SERIES OF FOX-HUNTING PLATES BY ALKEN. On an impressive scale, these plates are coloured in a manner that powerfully conveys the darker tints of autumn. Mellon/Snelgrove 1; Siltzer p. 57.