Henry Alken
Henry Alken (1785-1851) was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. He is now widely regarded as the finest artist in that field and his works are avidly collected.
Alken’s work was commissioned by the leading colour-plate publishers of the day such as Ackermann, Mclean, and Fuller. Amongst his finest works are: The National Sports of Great Britain (1821); Humorous Specimens of Riding, (1821); and Life of a Sportsman (1842).
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The National Sports of Great Britain.
ALKEN, Henry Thomas.Original price £17,500.00 - Original price £17,500.00Original price £0.00£17,500.00£17,500.00 - £17,500.00Current price £17,500.00Very rare first issue with fine double provenance. The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue with the additional title dated...
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The Right Sort.
ALKEN, Henry.Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £0.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy. The Schwerdt-Spitz copy of this rare early Alken series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was 'One o...
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The Seven Ages of the Horse.
ALKEN, Henry.Original price £3,750.00 - Original price £3,750.00Original price £0.00£3,750.00£3,750.00 - £3,750.00Current price £3,750.00Alken's echoing of Shakespeare's seven ages of man. This reworking of The High Mettled Racer depicts the horse as foal, colt, race horse, hunter, ...
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National sports of Great Britain.
ALKEN, Henry.Original price £12,500.00 - Original price £12,500.00Original price £0.00£12,500.00£12,500.00 - £12,500.00Current price £12,500.00The cornerstone of any Alken collection. the size and beauty of the plates make this the cornerstone of any Alken collection' (Tooley). One of the ...
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The Life of a sportsman. By Nimrod.
ALKEN, Henry (illustrator); APPERLEY, Charles James.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £1,500.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00The premier 19th-century colour plate sporting book. First edition, first issue, in the original cloth, 'considered by many to be the premier colou...
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Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq.
ALKEN, Henry (illustrator); APPERLEY, Charles James.Original price £400.00 - Original price £400.00Original price £400.00£400.00£400.00 - £400.00Current price £400.008vo, xii, 234pp., additional engraved title and 18 hand-coloured plates after Alken and Rawlins, contemporary red morocco gilt by McDonald, spine...
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