Original publisher's wrapper accompanying a series of 12 prints in three parts titled "Rudiments for Drawing the Horse". (Primary Title)
After, Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Printed on front of front cover: "RUDIMENTS / FOR / DRAWING / THE HORSE. / ENGRAVED BY J. C. ZEITTER, / FROM DESIGNS BY H. ALKEN, AND J. C. ZEITTER. / London : / R. ACKERMANN, 191, REGENT STREET, / AT THE / ECLIPSE SPORTING GALLERY AND NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE OFFICE. / 1837."
Inscribed in ink, upper left: "No 1."; upper right: "3s."
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Alken"; upper right: "92" (circled); lower center: "12" (underlined).
Printed on inside of front cover: [centered over three columns] "A CATALOGUE / OF / SPORTING AND OTHER PRINTS, / PUBLISHED BY / RUDOLPH ACKERMANN. / 191, REGENT STREET. / N.B. The Measurement given is the size of each Print, exclusive of either Blank Margin or Inscription." [column 1]: "MEMOIRS / OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE / JOHN MYTTON, Esq. / OF HALSTON, SHROPSHIRE. / With Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant / Exploits. / BY NIMROD, /WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, / BY H. ALKEN, AND T. J. RAWLINS. / Second Edition, reprinted with considerable additions, from the New Sporting Magazine. / Royal 8vo. Price 25s. Handsomely bound in Cloth. // THE QUORN HUNT, / IN A SERIES OF EIGHTPLATES BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED / FROM DRAWINGS BY HENRY ALKEN, ILLUSTRATING / NIMROD'S / Celebrated Article on English FOX HUNTING, in the "Quarterly Review," / Size of Prints, 20 1/2 inches by 12 3/8. Price 4l. 14s. 6d. // THE PIRATE DEFEATED, / Representing a gallant Action, between Mr. R. B. CRAWFORD, of H. M. S. ESK, with one / gun and five men, in the Bight of Benin, March 20, 1826, beating off the Spanish Pirate / CAROLINA, carrying ten guns and ninety men, commanded by Capt. ANTONIO SOUMATH, from / an original Picture in the possession of Rear Admiral Sir CHARLES BULLEN, C. B., / K. C. H. &c. &c. to whom this Plate is with permission most respectfully dedicated. / Size of Print 17 3/8 by 11 3/4. Price 10s. 6d. beautifully coloured,from the original Picture by W. JOY. // JUST PUBLISHED, / A SPLENDID MEZZOTINT ENGRAVING, / THE FORESTER, / FROM A PICTURE BY MR. C. HANCOCK, ENGRAVED BY H. C. BECKWITH. / Size 16 1/4 inches by 11 5/8. // PORTRAIT OF HIS GRACE THE LATE DUKE OF GORDON'S / BLACK TROTTING MARE, / WINNER OF THE NORTHAMPTON TROTTING SWEEPSTAKES, MARCH, 1836. / DRAWN ON STONE BY T. FAIRLAND, FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE / BY W. BARRAUD. / Size of Print 14 inches by 11 1/2. Price 12s. coloured ; 8s. plain. // THE HUNTING EXPLOITS OF COUNT SANDOR, / IN TEN HIGHLY COLOURED PLATES, / FROM PAINTINGS BY J. FERNELEY, ENGRAVED BY E. DUNCAN . / 13 3/4 inches by 10 1/2. Price 3l. 3s. the set. //
[column 2]: "THE WATERFORD LINE SCHOONERS, / A fine coloured Print representing the Schooners " Alexander, Capt. Nicholls," " Martha' / Capt. Dwyre," and " Rapid, Capt. Miller." / FROM A PAINTING BY JOHN LYNN. / Size of Print, 21 inches by 12 7/8. Price 21s. // THE GRAND LEICESTERSHIRE STEEPLE-CHASE. / IN A SERIES OF EIGHT PLATES, BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED, / FROM PAINTINGS BY HENRY ALKEN, ENGRAVED BY BENTLY, / WITH PORTRAITS OF THE HORSES AND RIDERS, AND REMARKS / BY NIMROD. / 18 inches by 14. Price 3l. 3s. the set. // MR. DELME RADCLIFFE AND HIS HARRIERS, / 10 1/2inches by 8 1/4. Price 7s. 6d. coloured. // THE FOX AND PARTRIDGE, / A VERY SPIRITED COLOURED LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT, / FROM A PAINTING, BY R. R. RENAGLE, R. A. / Dedicated by Special Permission to the Right Honourable the EARL OF KINTORE. / Price 7s.6d. each, col. Size of Print, 14 inches by 11 1/2. // TALLY-HO ! / FROM A PAINTING, BY MR. CHARLES HANCOCK. / Price 7s. 6d. coloured. Size, 15 inches by 10 3/4. // THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG SORT, / A PAIR OF HUMOUROUS SPORTING PRINTS, / FROM DRAWINGS, BY H. ALKEN, / Price 25s. the pair. Sixe of Prints, 18 1/2 inches by 11 1/2 // THE SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERY, / Two Prints representing the above Fishery in the South Seas. The mode of attacking the / Whale and boiling it down on board ; in which also is displayed the hazardous mode / of pursuing the Whale. / Price 15s. each highly coloured. Size of Prints, 20 1/2 inches by 13 1/2. // ALSO LATELY PUBLISHED, / A fine mezzotint Portrait of that celebrated Sportsman, / GEORGE BAKER, ESQ. / OF DURHAM, / Price 15s. Print ; 21s Proofs ; 31s. 6d. Proofs before Letters. // T. GOOSEY, / A large Lithographic Print, with a Portrait of the above famous Huntsman to / Lord Forester ; and part of the Belvoir Hounds. / Price 30s. print ; and 42s. coloured. Size of print, 22 inches by 17." //
[column 3]: "BEAUTY AND GENERAL / FROM A PAINTING BY SCHWANFELDER, ENGRAVED BY E. DUNCAN. / 19 inches by 15, highly coloured. Price 1l. 1s. // A large Lithographic / HEAD OF A BLOODHOUND, / Coloured,/ FROM A PAINTING BY AGASSE. / Price 10s. 6d. Size, 15 1/2 inches by 13 1/2 // GROUSE SHOOTING, OTTER HUNTING, SALMON FISHING, / AND DEER SHOOTING. / FROM DRAWINGS, BY W. HEATH. / Price 20s. the Four Plates. Size, 12 1/2 inches by 8 3/4 // A Portrait of / JOHN WARD ON HIS FAVOURITE HUNTER BLUE RUIN / FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE, BY BARRAUD. / Price 12s: plain ; 21s. coloured. Size, 18 3/4 inches by 14 1/2 // HUNTING QUALIFICATIONS, / IN SIX PLATES. / BY HENRY ALKEN, / ACCOMPANIED WITH A HUMOUROUS DESCRIPTION OF EACH PLATE. / 10 inches by 6 1/2. Price 1l. 10s. the set, highly coloured // HUNTING RECOLLECTION, / IN SIX PLATES, HIGHLY COLOURED, / BY HENRY ALKEN, / 10 3/4 inches by 8 1/2. Price 1l. 1s. the set. // MY STUD, / IN SIX COLOURED PLATES, / BY HENRY ALKEN. / 10 1/2 inches by 8 1/4. Price 1l. 1s. the set. // DEER STALKING, / IN TWO HIGHLY COLOURED PLATES, FROM PAINTINGS BY J. FERNELEY, ENGRAVED BY E. DUNCAN. / 24 inches by 18 1/4. Price 1l. 5s. each plate. // HEADS OFSPORTING ANIMALS, / Viz. the Fox, Bloodhound, and Newfoundland Dog. / FROM PAINTINGS BY C. HANCOCK ENGRAVED BY BECKWITH. / 6 3/4 inches by 5 1/2. Price coloured, 12s., proofs 10s. 6d., plain 7s. 6d. the set." //
Printed on inside of back cover,in three columns, no header or footer:
[column 1]: "PORTRAITS OF THE WINNING HORSES OF THE GREAT / ST. LEGER STAKES AT DONCASTER, AND THE / DERBY STAKES AT EPSOM, / FROM PAINTINGS BY MR. J. FERNELEY, OF MELTON MOWBRAY, AND / MR. C. HANCOCK, AT MESSRS. TATTERSALL'S GROSVENOR PLACE. / [names arranged three across, in columns] ROWTON ST. GILES GLENCOE / PRIAM DANGEROUS MUNDIG / VELOCIPEDE CADLAND QUEEN OF TRUMPS / SPANIEL CHORISTER BAY MIDDLETON / RIDDLESWORTH SULTAN ELIS. /16 1/2 inches by 12 1/4 highly coloured. Price 15s. each. // A PANORAMIC VIEW OF A FOX-CHASE, BY H. ALKEN. / Coloured, and fitted into a Roll-up Case. Price 1l. 11s. 6d. // FOX HOUNDS RUNNING IN COVERT, / FROM A PAINTING BY R. B. DAVIS. / 15 3/4inches by 11 3/4. Price 15s. coloured, 12 s. plain. // SHOT, / A CELEBRATED POINTER, / FROM A PAINTING BY A. COOPER, R. A. / 24 1/2 inches by 19 1/2 highly coloured. Price 1l. 4s. // DASH, / A CELEBRATED SETTER, / FROM A PAINTING BY AGASSE. /24 1/2 inches by 19, highly coloured. Price 1l. 4s. // TOM THUMB, / THE CELEBRATED AMERICAN TROTTER, / 19 1/2 inches by 15, coloured. Price 1l. // BADGERS, / AFTER A PAINTING BY BENNET. / 18 1/2 inches by 13 3/4, coloured. Price 1l. 1s. // HARES, / AFTER A PAINTING BY BENNET, / 19 3/4 inches by 15, ocloured. Price 1l. 1s. // FOXES AND CUBS, / FROM A PAINTING BY BENNET, / 20 1/2inches by 16 1/4, coloured. Price 1l. 4s. // SPORTING DOGS, / IN TWO SMALL BOOKS, / BY H. ALKEN. / Price 5s. each, coloured ; 2s. plain. // ALKEN'S RUDIMENTS FOR DRAWING THE HORSE AND / OTHER ANIMALS, / In Six Numbers, at 2s. 6d. each, or the Six Numbers, neatly half-bound, 20s. // FANCY BALL COSTUMES, / IN SIX PLATES, / DRAWN AND ETCHED BY WILLIAM HEATH. /Price coloured, 2s. 6d. each. // THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, / BY FIRE, / DRAWN AND LITHOGRAPHED BY WILLIAM HEATH. / 14 1/2 inches by 10 1/4. Price 7s. 6d. coloured ; 5s. proofs." //
[column 2]: "SPORTING ANECDOTES, / THE SPORTING SWEEP--or, To tell you the truth, gemmen, I can't vote for you, / 'cause I 'unts with the Duke. / THE SPORTING MILLER--or, Half-a-crown you don't clear it. / THE COACH--or three Blind uns and a Bolter. / JORROCKS'S HUNT BREAKFAST--or, a Terrible Surprise. / THE SPORTING BUTCHER-- or, Lord Marrowbones and his Man. / SWELL AND THE SURREY, two plates--Hounds at Fault, and Full Cry. / THE HUNTING TAILOR--Hastings and Lord Segrave--Push him sharp at it, My Lord. / THE HUNTED TAILOR--or, the DoubleFracture, breaking the Sabbath and breaking / the Window. / THE SPORTING PARSON'S HUNTING LECTURE--Hold hard ! gentlemen, for the / love of Mercy, Hold Hard ! / THE SPORTING GRAZIER--Fox-hunting versus Politics--I always Vote for the Gen- / tleman wot hunts the County. / THE SPORTING BISHOP--The Clerical View Holloa ! or the Hounds at fault. // Also just Published, / A NEW ANECDOTE. / FOX-HUNTING IN CANADA--Put Morris on York, and what will stop them ? Mungo / for a hundred. / FROM DRAWINGS BY H. ALKEN. / 13 inches by 8 1/2. Price 3s. 6d. each, highly coloured. / N. B. These Anecdotes are to be continued occasionally. // FIGHTING COCKS, / IN A SERIES OF SIX PLATES, / FROM DRAWINGS BY NEWTON FIELDING. / 7 3/4 inches by 6 3/4, highly coloured. Price 1l 1s. the set. // KNIGHTS IN ARMOUR, / IN A SERIES OF TWELVE PLATES, / BY H. ALKEN, / Price, coloured, 18s. ; plain, 9s. // GAME COCKS, / IN TWO SMALL PRINTS. / Neatly mounted and coloured. Price 5s. the pair. // FOUR SMALL HUNTINGMEDALLIONS, / BY H. ALKEN. / Highly coloured. Price 8s. the four. // SIX SMALL HUNTING MEDALLIONS, / BY H. ALKEN. / Highly coloured, Price 10s. 6d. the six. // FOUR SMALL SHOOTING MEDALLIONS, / BY H. ALKEN. / Highly coloured. Price 8s. the four. // FOUR SMALL RACING MEDALLIONS, / BY H. ALKEN. / Highly coloured. Price 8s. the four. // SIX SMALL MEDALLIONS OF MAMALUKES AND COSSACKS, / BY H. ALKEN. / Highly coloured. Price 8s. the six. // MAMALUKES AND COSSACKS, / IN TWO PLATES, / Highlycoloured. Price 10s. 6d. the pair. Plain, on tinted paper, 7s." //
[column 3]: "A PORTRAIT OF "CHANCE," THE FIREMEN'S DOG, / DRAWN AND LITHOGRAPHED BY WILLIAM HEATH. / 9 3/4 inches by 7 3/4. Price 4s. coloured ; 2s. 6d. proofs. // PORTRAITS OF IBRAHIM AND DRAMA PACHA, / LITHOGRAPHED BY GAUCI. / Price, each, 3s. coloured ; 1s. 6d. plain. // PORTRAITS OF GENERAL CHASSE AND MARSHALL / GERARD. / Price 5s. the pair coloured ; 2s. 6d. plain. // G. HARLEY'S RUDIMENTS OF LANDSCAPE DRAWING, /Complete. Price 1l. 16s. ; the coloured part alone, 1l. ; the sepia part, half-bound, or Three / Numbers 10s. 6d. The pencil part, half-bound, 10s. ; or Six Nos. at 1s. each. // G. HARLEY'S JUVENILE DRAWING-BOOK, / In Twelve Numbers at 8d. each.// G. HARLEY'S LESSONS ON DRAWING TREES / Four Numbers, at 2s. 6d. each. // R. ACKERMANN, / Printseller, Publisher, Fancy Stationer, / MANUFACTURER OF SUPERFINE WATER-COLOURS, / To their Majesties, and the Royal Family, / Begs leave to recommend hisCOLOURS to the Nobility and Gentry, as being prepared with / the utmost care, and approved by the most Eminent Artists of the United Kingdom. / SOLD IN CAKES OR BOXES AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES :-- / [prices arranged under coloumn heads of £., s. and d., which are here incorporated into running copy for clarity; subcolumn 1] "In Boxes of Yew-Tree, Rosewood, / &c. ornamented and highly var- / nished, from £ 2. 2s. to 10£ 10s. 0d. / In Mahogany Boxes, 45 Cakes, / Palettes, Marble Slab, Pencils, / &c..... 3£. 13s. 6d. / Ditto, ditto, 36 Cakes, ditto...... 3£. 3s. 0d. / Ditto, ditto, 32 ditto, ditto...... 2£ . 12s. 6d. / Ditto, ditto, 24 ditto, ditto...... 2£ . 2s. 0d. / Ditto, ditto, 18 ditto, ditto...... 1£ . 11s. 6d. / Ditto, ditto, 12 ditto, ditto....... 1£ . 1s. 0d. / Ditto, 12 Cakes, ock and Drawer £ 0 15s. 0d. / Neat Mahogany Boxes, with a / sliding Top, 40 Cakes ...... 1£ . 16s. 0d. / Ditto, ditto . 32 ditto 1£ . 8s. 0d. Small Cakes. / Ditto, ditto . 24 ditto .. 1 1 0--0 140 / Ditto, ditto . 18 ditto.. 0 15 0--0 14 0 / Ditto, ditto . 12 ditto.. 0 10 6--0 7 0 / Ditto, ditto . 6 ditto.. 0 6 0--0 4 6" // [subcolumn 2]: "Highly-finished Mahogany / Brass-capp'd, &c. from / 52s 6d. to .......7£ . 7s. 0d. / Boxes of Velvet Colours / complete,with directions 2£ . 2s. 0d. / Ditto, ditto, ditto..... 1£ . 4s. 0d. /
Boxes of Body Colours.. 2£ . 2s. 0d. / Ditto of Colours for paint- / ing on glass... 2£ . 2s. 0d. / Ditto of Chalks, complete / 5w., 25s, and ..... 2£ . 2s. 0d. / Hnadsome Rose-wood, In- / laid Brass, ornamented / 12 Cakes, fitted up com- / plete..... 2£ . 12s. 6d. / Ditto, ditto, ditto 18 Cakes, ditto .. 3V. 3s. 0d. / Ditto, ditto ditto 24 ditto, ditto.. 4£ . 4s. 0d. / Ditto, ditto,ditto 32 ditto, ditto .. 5£ . 5s. 0d. / Ditto, ditto, ditto 30 dittom larger / Box and Extras.... 5£ . 15s. 6d. / Ditto, ditto, ditto 30 ditto, ditto .. 10£ . 10s. 0d. / SUPERFINE WATER-COLOURS, PER CAKE. "/ [column heads of £ and s. in first subcolumn, incorporated into running copy for clarity; s. and d. for subcolumns 2 and 3. Subcolumn 1]: "Ultramarine 1£. 1s. / Ultramarine, Ash 5£. 0s. / Guimet's Ultramarine 0£. 3s. / Scarlet 0£. 6s. / Burnt Carmine 0£ . 7s. / Imperial Permanent / Blue, equal to Ultra- / marine in tint 0£ . 5s. / Platena Yellow 0£ . 5s. / French Blue 0£ . 3s. / Carmine 0£. 5s. / Permanent Crimson 0£. 5s. / Purple Madder 0£. 5s. / Orange Vermillion 0£. 5s. / Gallstone 0£. 5s. // [subcolumn 2] Smalt 5s. 0d. / Extra Madder Lake 5s. 0d. / Intense Blue 3s. 0d. / Pink Madder 3s. 0d. / Rose Madder 3s. 0d. / Burnt Lac Lake 2s. 0d. / Permanent Green 2s. 0d. / Cobalt 2s. 0d. / Lake, Crimson 1s. 6d. / Lake, Scarlet 1s. 6d. / Lake, Purple 1s. 6d. / Brown Madder 1s. 6d. / Indian Yellow 1s. 6d. / Indian Black 1s. 6d. / Sepia 1s. 6d. // [subcolumn 3] Permanent White 1s. 6d. / Prout's Black 1s. 6d. / Prepared Black for In- / laying 1s. 6d. / Ultramarine in Saucers, 5s. and 2s. 6d. / Scarlet, in Saucers 1s. 0d. / Fine Chinese Gold, in / Saucers, 10s. 6d. and 2s. 0d. / Ditto in Shells 1s. 0d. / Gold, Silver, and Cop- / per Bronze, in Packets 2s. 0d. / Carmine in Powder 1s. 0d. / Permanent White Li- / quid in Cups 2s. 6d." //
Printed onback of back wrapper, in two columns. [Column 1]: "ALL AT ONE SHILLING PER CAKE. / [subcolumn 1] Ackermann's Yellow / ---------- Green / Antwerp Blue/ Bistre / Blue Black / Blue Verditer / Brown Ochre / Brown Pink / Bronze / Burnt Italian Earth / Burnt Roman Ocre / Burnt Sienna / Burnt Umber / Chrome Yellow, / Nos. 1, 2, and 3 / Orange Chrome / Cologne Earth // [subcolumn 2] Dragon's Blood / Dutch Pink / Emerald Green 1 & 2 / French Green / Full Red / Gamboge / Green Bice / Green Verditer / Hooker's Green, 1 / and 2 / Indigo / Indian Red / Italian Pink / Ivory Black / King's Yellow / Lac Lake / Lamp Black // [subcolumn 3] Light Red / Mineral Blue / Naples Yellow / Neutral Tint / Olive Green / Payne's Neutral Tint / ------ Grey / Prussian Blue / Prussian Green / Purple / Red Ochre / Red Orpiment / Raw Sienna / Raw Umber / Roman Ochre / Sap Green / Saturnine Red // [subcolumn 4] Transparent Yellow / Ochre / Varley's Grey / ------ Warm Grey / -------- Purple Grey / ------- Dark Green / ------ Warm Green / ------- Orange / ------ Neutral Tint / Vandyke Brown / Venetian Red / Vermillion, Chinese / White / Yellow Lake / Yellow Ochre / Yellow Orpiment / York Brown // All these Colours may be had in Half-Cakes, at Half-Price. // COLOURSFOR ORIENTAL AND POONAH TINTING, BRONZES, VARNISHED PAPER, / AND BRUSHES FOR DITTO. / Macpherson's Permanent Tints for Miniature Painting, 31s. 6d. & 20s. per box, containing 12 Tints ; / Or per Cake, Shade-Tint, Dark Complexion, Half-Tint, Flesh-Tint, Auburn, Yellow, / Blue, Maroon Crimson, Deep Blue, Light Hair, and Intense Sepia. 2s, each ; / Carnation, 3s.--Half-Cakes at Half-Price. / Macpherson's Opaque Back-Ground for ditto, 2s. 6d. per Bottle.--Prout's Brown, at 2s. per Bottle. / ACKERMANN'S Colours for Flower Painting, 24s. and 21s. per Box. // ALSO THE NUMEROUS REQUISITES FOR DRAWING AS FOLLOWS :-- / [subcolumn 1] DRAWING PAPERS. / Demy.....20 inches by 15 1/4 / Medium..... 22 3/4 ditto 17 1/2 / Royal..... 24 ditto 19 / Super-royal..... 27 1/4 ditto 19 1/2 / Imperial..... 30 ditto 22 / Elephant..... 28 ditto 23 / Columbier..... 35 ditto 23 1/2 / Atlas..... 34 ditto 26 / Double Elephant..... 40 ditto 27 / Grand Emperor..... 65 1/2 ditto 47 / Antiquarian..... 53 ditto 31 / Antiquarian, extra large... 56 ditto 38 / / Bristol Drawing Paper and Card Boards / Vellum / Wove Cartridge for Landscapes / Rough-grained Cartridge / Tinted Drawing Papers for Crayons / Writing Papers / Transparent Tracing Paper / Tissue Paper, Demy and Double Crown / Ditto, ditto, Tinted // [subcolumn 2] Guard-Books and Albums / Sketching-Books, plain, various sizes and / Bindings / Portfolios of all sizes / Ivory for Miniatures / Black-Lead Pencils, prepared / Black Italian, French, and German Chalks / Conte a Paris, glazed / Conte a Paris, square / Leather and Paper Stumps / Steel and Brass Port Crayons / Drawing-Boards, on a variety of Plans / Sketching-Boards and Portable Stools / Tin Japanned Sketching Colour Boxes of / various sizes / Fine White Velvet for Painting / Marble and Earthenware Slabs / Ivory and Earthenware Pencil-Racks / Ivory Palettes / Earthenware ditto / Ditto Saucers / Ditto ditto in Cabinets / Indian Glue // A CHOICE COLLECTION OFENGLISH AND FOREIGN PRINTS ; LIKEWISE A GREAT VARIETY / OF WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS, ETC, FOR SCRAP-BOOKS. / [subcolumn 1] Drawings of Flowers, Fruits, Shells / Ditto Landscapes and Shipping / Paper Painted in Imitation of Satin and / other Woods and Marbles / Ditto, ditto of Morocco, various colours / Ditto, ditto Embossed / Embellished Writing Paper and Cards / Gold and Silver Paper of various sorts / Gold Borders / Fire Screens, with or without Poles, orna- / mented or plain / Card Racks, dittoditto / Hand Screens, ornamented or plain / Handles for ditto, ditto ditto / Pasteboard for Ladies' Fancy Works, plain or coloured / Work Tables // [subcolumn 2] Gold Size, with printed Directions / Varnishing Brushes, of all sizes / Liquid Coloursfor Maps / Indian Ink of various Qualities / Indian Rubber, Solid and in Bottles / Sable Pencils / Camel-Hair Pencils, for Water-Colour draw- / ings, of superior Quality / Scrubs for Velvet Painting / Mathematical Instruments, in complete Sets / Pinkand Blue Saucers / Prepared Black, for Imitation of Inlaid Work / Bramah's Patent Pens, &c. / Palmer's Portable Pens / Prepared Ox-Gall / Colourless Ox-Gall / Black and White Patterns // [column 2] Ladies' Chess-Boards and Work-Boxes, varnished andfitted up in the neatest manner. / An elegant assortment of ALBUMS, SCRAP BOOKS, &c. / ACKERMANN'S LIQUID CEMENT, FOR FIXING DRAWINGS AND PRINTS IN DITTO. / Price one Shilling per Bottle. // A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THE MOST BRILLIANT-COLOURED / RICE PAPER, / SUPERIOR TO ANY YET OFFERED FOR SALE, AND STAINED TO ANY PATTERN. / A GREAT ASSORTMENT OF BERLIN AND WORSTED PATTERNS. // DRAWINGS LET OUT TO COPY. / R. 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Such as have been creased, received oil, / ink, or colour spots, or are torn or cut, must be paid for. // A large assortment of White-Wood Articles of every description for TRANSFERRING, / by means of ACKERMANN'S TRANSFER VARNISH. / GOLD, FANCY WOOD, AND MINIATURE FRAMES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER. // R. Ackermann's prepared genuine Cumberland Black Lead Pencils, / OF DIFFERENT DEGREES OF HARDNESS AND DEPTH OF SHADE. / H A degree harder than the genuine Cumberland Lead, and used by Artists / for Outlines / HH Two degrees harder, and used by Architects / HHH Three degrees harder, and used by Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, &c. &c./ F Fine Pencils for Drawing, used by Artists, Drawing-Masters, and Pupils / EBB Extra Black and double thick in Lead, for very bold Drawing / FF Fine Pencils for Drawing, used by Artists, Drawing-Masters, &c. (double think in / Lead) / B Black for Shading, used by the same / BB A deeper Black for Shading than B / HB Hard and Black for Shading / EHB Extra Hard and Black, and thick in Lead. / ACKERMANN'S Fine Genuine Cumberland Black-lead Pencils (not prepared) have been / knownfor many years as the best Pencils for Sketching and general use. They are parti- / cularly adapted for Young Students to copy from LITHOGRAPHIC STUDIES. / The prepared Pencils FF, B, and BB, serve for the deep Shades and finishing Touches. / AlsoBurgess's Pencils for Bold Drawing. / N. B. Drawing Materials of every Description, and the greatest Variety of Drawing Books / and Rudiments in Lithography, &c. &c. // N. B.--Subscribers' Names received for the NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE, at 30s. theYear : / the Subscription to be paid in advance. / There are Eleven Volumes and Two Numbers Published, at 15s. the Volume ; or 2s. 6d. per Number / Proof Impressions of the Plates 2s. each, and 2s. 6d. Coloured. / WALTER SPIERS, PRINTER, 399, OXFORD STREET LONDON." Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "16 / 33A".
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