ALKEN, Henry. The original artwork for A Cockney's Shooting Season in Suffolk, published as a series of 6 aquatint plates by Thomas McLean in 1822. 6 original watercolours (182 x 265mm), each mounted on card (293 x 388mm) and more recently window-mounted, each card inscribed ‘Henry Alken fecit’ in pencil and with captions in pencil above and below, conforming to the captions used for the plates. (Light spotting affecting first design.) Preserved in brown buckram clamshell box, spine with morocco gilt title label. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS SHOWING THE EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH OF DETAIL ALKEN COULD PUT INTO A SMALL COMPOSITION. The watercolours tell the narrative of Peter Pop, the son of a pawnbroker, and his friend and neighbour Sam Slop, on a five-day shooting trip in Suffolk. Only a few details were altered in their transformation into the impressively large, superbly coloured shooting plates which are an Alken favourite. Abbey Life 384; Dixon 43; Mellon 48; Schwerdt I, p. 12: 'pleasing book'; Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 22.
ALKEN, Henry. The original artwork for A Cockney's Shooting Season in Suffolk, published as a series of 6 aquatint plates by Thomas McLean in 1822.
ALKEN, Henry. The original artwork for A Cockney's Shooting Season in Suffolk, published as a series of 6 aquatint plates by Thomas McLean in 1822. 6 original watercolours (182 x 265mm), each mounted on card (293 x 388mm) and more recently window-mounted, each card inscribed ‘Henry Alken fecit’ in pencil and with captions in pencil above and below, conforming to the captions used for the plates. (Light spotting affecting first design.) Preserved in brown buckram clamshell box, spine with morocco gilt title label. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS SHOWING THE EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH OF DETAIL ALKEN COULD PUT INTO A SMALL COMPOSITION. The watercolours tell the narrative of Peter Pop, the son of a pawnbroker, and his friend and neighbour Sam Slop, on a five-day shooting trip in Suffolk. Only a few details were altered in their transformation into the impressively large, superbly coloured shooting plates which are an Alken favourite. Abbey Life 384; Dixon 43; Mellon 48; Schwerdt I, p. 12: 'pleasing book'; Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 22.
ALKEN, Henry. The original artwork for A Cockney's Shooting Season in Suffolk, published as a series of 6 aquatint plates by Thomas McLean in 1822. 6 original watercolours (182 x 265mm), each mounted on card (293 x 388mm) and more recently window-mounted, each card inscribed ‘Henry Alken fecit’ in pencil and with captions in pencil above and below, conforming to the captions used for the plates. (Light spotting affecting first design.) Preserved in brown buckram clamshell box, spine with morocco gilt title label. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS SHOWING THE EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH OF DETAIL ALKEN COULD PUT INTO A SMALL COMPOSITION. The watercolours tell the narrative of Peter Pop, the son of a pawnbroker, and his friend and neighbour Sam Slop, on a five-day shooting trip in Suffolk. Only a few details were altered in their transformation into the impressively large, superbly coloured shooting plates which are an Alken favourite. Abbey Life 384; Dixon 43; Mellon 48; Schwerdt I, p. 12: 'pleasing book'; Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 22.
ALKEN, Henry. The original artwork for A Cockney's Shooting Season in Suffolk, published as a series of 6 aquatint plates by Thomas McLean in 1822.
ALKEN, Henry. The original artwork for A Cockney's Shooting Season in Suffolk, published as a series of 6 aquatint plates by Thomas McLean in 1822. 6 original watercolours (182 x 265mm), each mounted on card (293 x 388mm) and more recently window-mounted, each card inscribed ‘Henry Alken fecit’ in pencil and with captions in pencil above and below, conforming to the captions used for the plates. (Light spotting affecting first design.) Preserved in brown buckram clamshell box, spine with morocco gilt title label. ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS SHOWING THE EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH OF DETAIL ALKEN COULD PUT INTO A SMALL COMPOSITION. The watercolours tell the narrative of Peter Pop, the son of a pawnbroker, and his friend and neighbour Sam Slop, on a five-day shooting trip in Suffolk. Only a few details were altered in their transformation into the impressively large, superbly coloured shooting plates which are an Alken favourite. Abbey Life 384; Dixon 43; Mellon 48; Schwerdt I, p. 12: 'pleasing book'; Siltzer p. 71; Tooley 22.
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