Series of very spirited etchings of gigs and their drivers

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Title: Series of very spirited etchings of gigs and their drivers
Creator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Published / Created: [182-]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Dates of publication are based on the time frame of Alken's other works.
"Price ten shillings."
Cover title.
Spine title: Specimens of driving near London -- H. Alken. Bound in blue morocco with red silk linings and with stamp on inside front cover: Bound by Zaehnsdorf 1901. For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: With the oval, leather ex libris of Joseph Widener. Also with the armorial bookplate of Clarence S. Bemens. Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 10 April 2019, lot 72, purchased through Jarndyce; April 2019.
Extent: 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : 21 x 28 cm, in binding 31 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Binders' stamps (Binding) Zaehnsdorf
Material: etchings, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic): Carriages and carts in art
Horses
Subjects: Carriages and carts in art > Pictorial works
Horses > Great Britain > Pictorial works
Carriages and carts in art
Horses
Great Britain
Zaehnsdorf
Bemens, Clarence S. > Bookplate
Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943 > Bookplate
Zaehnsdorf (Firm) > Binding

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