Original label for "Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Shooting with Caricatures of Cockney Sporting" (Primary Title)

Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)

19th century
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Letterpress printed in black and gold ink on paper
Sheet: 2 13/16 × 3 7/8 in. (7.14 × 9.84 cm)
85.1274a
Not on view
Made to imitate embossed leather.
Printed in center: ALKEN'S / CHARACTERISTIC / SKETCHES / OF / SHOOTING / With Caricatures of / COCKNEY SPORTING. / Twelve Plates.--Price Twelve Shillings. Inscribed in graphite on verso in center: 46 A
Paul Mellon Collection
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