Original label for "Alken's Characteristic Sketches of Hunting, with Caricatures of Middlesex Sporting" (Primary Title)
Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785–1851 (Artist)
Made to imitate embossed leather.
Printed in center: ALKEN'S / CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES / OF / HUNTING, / WITH CARICATURES OF / MIDDLESEX SPORTING. / TWELVE PLATES. FIFTEEN SHILLINGS. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "14" and "15A / 58A"
Paul Mellon Collection
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