Doing the thing and the thing done : in a series of sporting plates / by Ben Tally-Ho ; author of "Sporting discoveries, or The miseries of driving," and "Sporting discoveries, or The miseries of hunting," &c. &c.

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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851, Doing the thing and the thing done , [1818]

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Creator:: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Title(s):: Doing the thing and the thing done : in a series of sporting plates / by Ben Tally-Ho ; author of "Sporting discoveries, or The miseries of driving," and "Sporting discoveries, or The miseries of hunting," &c. &c.
Published/Created:: London : Published by S. and J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place, [1818]
Physical Description:: [8] leaves of plates : all ill., 28 x 39 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2011 25
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9805239
Classification:: Books
Notes:: By Henry Thomas Alken.
Cover title.
Plates are dated 1818 (March 2 and April 5).
Alken's original watercolors for the set (except "Doing it furiously") are now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art (Prints and Drawings, B2001.2.538-544).
British sporting and animal prints, 1658-1874, p. 11
Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. Hunting, hawking, shooting, I, p. 13
Siltzer, F. Story of British sporting prints (2nd ed) p. 69
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860 24
BAC: British Art Center copy: Stitched in original tan wrappers; printed in black. Publisher's advertisements verso of front cover and front and back of back cover. Slipcase with the armorial bookplate of Fitz Eugene Dixon.
Subject Terms:: Dixon, Fitz Eugene -- Bookplate.
Fox hunting -- England -- Pictorial works.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Hunt riding -- Pictorial works.
Hunting -- Pictorial works.
S. & J. Fuller -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:: Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1818.
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Morning. Turning out in prime twig, doing the least you can
Afternoon. Returning home in fine trim, doing the most you can
Doing the thing well, giving dribblers the go bye
Doing it no how
Doing it somehow
Doing it furiously
Doing the down leap
The down leap done.

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