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Cockney Sportsmen. London: Hannah Humphrey, 12 November 1800.
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GILLRAY, James (1756-1815)
Cockney Sportsmen. London: Hannah Humphrey, 12 November 1800.
Very rare complete suite of four coloured plates by Gillray, consisting of ‘Sportmen shooting flying’, ‘Cockney-Sportsmen marking game’, 'Cockney-Sportsmen re-charging’ and 'Cockney-Sportsmen finding a hare’. A fine clean set. Bobins IV, 1339.
Oblong folio (297 x 398 mm), 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (final plate with faint, insignificant crease, otherwise a fine, clean copy). ?Original blue wrappers (faintly, insignificant soiling and creasing); housed in a modern marbled-paper covered chemise and brown morocco-backed slipcase by Devauchelle.
Cockney Sportsmen. London: Hannah Humphrey, 12 November 1800.
Very rare complete suite of four coloured plates by Gillray, consisting of ‘Sportmen shooting flying’, ‘Cockney-Sportsmen marking game’, 'Cockney-Sportsmen re-charging’ and 'Cockney-Sportsmen finding a hare’. A fine clean set. Bobins IV, 1339.
Oblong folio (297 x 398 mm), 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (final plate with faint, insignificant crease, otherwise a fine, clean copy). ?Original blue wrappers (faintly, insignificant soiling and creasing); housed in a modern marbled-paper covered chemise and brown morocco-backed slipcase by Devauchelle.
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