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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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  • First edition of Sporting Discoveries or the Miseries of Shooting by Henry Alken, with 7 satirical hand-coloured plates.
    First edition of Sporting Discoveries or the Miseries of Shooting by Henry Alken, with 7 satirical hand-coloured plates.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    Sporting Discoveries, 1816.
    $6,810.00

  • First edition in book form of The Cahce, The Turf and The Road by Nimrod, illustrated by Henry Alken.
    First edition in book form of The Cahce, The Turf and The Road by Nimrod, illustrated by Henry Alken.

    [APPERLEY, Charles James] NIMROD (pseud.); ALKEN, Henry (illustrator).
    The Chace [sic], The Turf and The Road. 1837.
    $1,294.00

  • First edition of A Touch at the Fine Arts by Henry Alken, with 12 hand-coloured aquatints.
    First edition of A Touch at the Fine Arts by Henry Alken, with 12 hand-coloured aquatints.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    A Touch at the Fine Arts: 1824.
    $1,294.00

  • Twenty hand-coloured aquatints of Henry Alken's sporting scenes, published by Ackermann as Ackermann's Sporting Scraps.
    Twenty hand-coloured aquatints of Henry Alken's sporting scenes, published by Ackermann as Ackermann's Sporting Scraps.

    ALKEN, Henry; ACKERMANN, R. (publisher).
    [Ackermann's Sporting Scraps]. 1850-1861.
    $5,108.00

  • First edition, fist issue, of Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting by Alken, containing 42 humerous plates showin hunting and racing mishaps.
    First edition, fist issue, of Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting by Alken, containing 42 humerous plates showin hunting and racing mishaps.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and Other Sports; 1826-1830.
    $6,129.00

  • The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue of The National Sports of Greta Britain by Henry Alken.
    The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue of The National Sports of Greta Britain by Henry Alken.

    ALKEN, Henry Thomas.
    The National Sports of Great Britain. 1820-1821.
    $23,835.00

  • The Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy of this rare early Alken series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was 'One of the author's favourites'.
    The Schwerdt-Spitz-Bobins copy of this rare early Alken series, issued without a title-page and which Schwerdt says was 'One of the author's favourites'.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    The Right Sort. 1821-1822.
    $4,086.00

  • Mytton of Halston, Shropshire...With his hunting, racing, shooting, driving, and extravagant exploits, by Nimrod, contemporary morocco gilt.
    Mytton of Halston, Shropshire...With his hunting, racing, shooting, driving, and extravagant exploits, by Nimrod, contemporary morocco gilt.

    ALKEN, Henry (illustrator); APPERLEY, Charles James.
    Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. n.d. [but circa 1900].
    $545.00

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