Discovery - Interiors
Description:
Fourteen Hand-colored Prints After Wheatley and Alken:
After Francis Wheatley (British, 1747-1801),Cries of London, plates 1-6 and 8-11, engraved by L. Schiavonetti, A. Cardon, or G. Vendramini, hand-colored stipple engravings; After Henry Alken (British, 1785-1851),One Day's Sport, Plates 1, 2, 4, and 6, signed "Hy Alken, delt." in the matrix l.l., hand-colored lithographs. Image sizes to 14 x 11 in., unframed. Condition: Cries with toning and small tears and losses to the margins, brown paper tape to the edges of the reverse, Sport with sheets trimmed and laid on paper supports, with minor foxing and staining.
Estimate $200-300
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Keywords
Henry Alken, Francis Wheatley, LondonCarly Babione
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