"The Sport Of Our Fathers: Henry Alken Volume I." 1927 SPARROW, Walter Shaw

SPARROW, Walter Shaw [55] pp. Charles Scribner's Sons 1927 11 1/2" x 9 3/8" "This book contains the largest and most varied collection of reproductions from Henry Alken's original drawings and paintings which has ever been published, together with several of the best examples of contemporary engravings from the same artist." (the Publisher). Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was a noted English sporting artist. He trained horses for the Duke of Beaufort ". Before studying under J. T. Barker Beaumont, the miniaturist, and he exhibited miniatures at the Royal Academy in 1801-02. He moved to Melton Mowbray in 1810 to train horses and eke out a livelihood in decorating trays with hunting scenes. His success really began when he issued prints under the name of Ben Tally Ho in 1813 and he was at his most prolific in the 1820s and 1830s.