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Henry Alken - First steeplechase Plate IV 1839. This print ...

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Henry Alken - First steeplechase Plate IV 1839.

This print of Nacton Church and Village is Plate IV from the series The First Steeple-Chase on Record by Henry Alken, engraved by J Harris and published by R Ackermann, London 1839.

One of a set of four beautiful aquatints depicting the first steeple-chase race on record. These four plates were published in A Monthly Chronicle of The Turf, The Chase, and Rural Sports in all their varieties, a nineteenth century monthly publication, which reported on the present day equestrian sporting life. Drawn by Henry Alken, a leading British sporting artist.

Size: 10.5in x 14.5in (26.7cm x 36.8cm) mounted but unframed.

Excellent condition - please review the image carefully

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