Lot 50: Alken, Henry. [ Scenes in the Life of Master George .] London: Thoms. McLean, 1823 [watermarked 1822]. 12 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings, signed 'Hy. Alken, Delt.' Interleaved. (Slight soiling of margins, a few spots on images.) Late

Alken, Henry. [Scenes in the Life of Master George.] London: Thoms. McLean, 1823 [watermarked 1822]. 12 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings, signed 'Hy. Alken, Delt.' Interleaved. (Slight soiling of margins, a few spots on images.) Late 19th-century blue half morocco, earlier maroon morocco label on upper cover (spine worn); modern blue cloth chemise and slipcase.

FIRST ISSUE of this sought after work, showing a boy's initiation into various forms of sport, some more pleasant than others. In the plate illustrated above, he is involved in 'A turn up with the lads of the village' after a disrupted cricket match. Note that the plate order in this copy differs from that given in Mellon and Tooley. FINE, BRIGHT IMPRESSIONS. Dixon 64; Mellon/Snelgrove 98; Schwerdt IV, p. 4; Tooley 46.