CRUIKSHANK, Robert (1789-1856). Going to a Fight. The Sporting World in all its variety of Style and Costume along the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst. London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1819. Continuous hand-coloured aquatint panoramic view by and after Cruikshank on 8 strips joined, (each 62 x 490mm), the views numbered 1- 42 in the engraving. (First sheet strengthened on verso, a few tears some repaired on the verso, light spotting.) Rolling onto original spool and boxwood drum with original coloured aquatint label (varnish yellowed, some spotting and wear), without the printed key by Pierce Egan. Abbey Life 473 (suggesting that separate printed captions may have been issued); Gee, Sporting Panoramas 5.
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CRUIKSHANK, Robert (1789-1856). Going to a Fight. The Sporting World in all its variety of Style and Costume along the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst. London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1819. Continuous hand-coloured aquatint panoramic view by and after Cruikshank on 8 strips joined, (each 62 x 490mm), the views numbered 1- 42 in the engraving. (First sheet strengthened on verso, a few tears some repaired on the verso, light spotting.) Rolling onto original spool and boxwood drum with original coloured aquatint label (varnish yellowed, some spotting and wear), without the printed key by Pierce Egan. Abbey Life 473 (suggesting that separate printed captions may have been issued); Gee, Sporting Panoramas 5.

Closed30 October 2012

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CRUIKSHANK, Robert (1789-1856). Going to a Fight. The Sporting World in all its variety of Style and Costume along the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst. London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1819. Continuous hand-coloured aquatint panoramic view by and after Cruikshank on 8 strips joined, (each 62 x 490mm), the views numbered 1- 42 in the engraving. (First sheet strengthened on verso, a few tears some repaired on the verso, light spotting.) Rolling onto original spool and boxwood drum with original coloured aquatint label (varnish yellowed, some spotting and wear), without the printed key by Pierce Egan. Abbey Life 473 (suggesting that separate printed captions may have been issued); Gee, Sporting Panoramas 5.