Print Description
a horse auction/market in a residential area. A large number of people are gathered around a horse being trotted aorund the square to display it’s strengths.
Made by Henry Alken after own design.
Medium: Handcoloured aquatint. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 24.3 x 15.4 cm (9.57 x 6.06 inch). Image size: 20.5 x 14.5 cm. (8.07 x 5.71 inch).
Condition: excellent, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
HORSE AUCTION-MARKET-TROT-DISPLAY | DPO-PCO-1-149
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Exact source unknown, to be determined. Published ca. 1830 (estimate).
Biography engraver: Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was an English painter and engraver, mainly known as an illustrator and caricaturist of sporting and hunting subjects.
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