Coursing..Finding Soho

by Henry Thomas Alken

$650 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A pretty aquatint depicting coursing from Henry Alken's celebrated book The National Sports of Great Britain . This charming print by Henry Alken comes from a book entitled The National Sports of Great Britain . The book is comprised of fifty coloured aquatints of sporting scenes with an accompanying text. Published in 1824 by Thomas McLean, the images vary in subject from Bull baiting to Otter hunting. This charming print is second in a series of six coursing prints.

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