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The hand-colored Henry Alken engraving below is from
Fores's Hunting Sketches
originally published November 1st, 1859 by Messrs Fores; 41 Piccadilly

My good fellows,...
(please click on the image above for an enlargement. The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on the actual print.)

FORES HUNTING SKETCHES (PLATE 1)

The Right Sort and the Wrong Sort
or a Good and Bad Style of going across Country

Drawn by J. Alken
Engraved by J. Harris


This is an original hand-colored restrike engraving, printed circa 1980 by the Fores Gallery, LTD, in England using the original printing plate

Sheet size is approx. 24 1/8 x 17 7/8 inches.
Measurement to the plate mark is approx. 17 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches.

Condition is excellent, with only a couple of tiny specks just outside of image area in the upper left (hardly noticeable unless looking very closely)

$175

 

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