[BIG GAME - ALKEN PRINTS]
Four boar hunting prints from Ackermann's Indian Sporting Scraps. [London: circa 1850]. Four hand-colored aquatint plates from Ackermann's Indian Sporting Scraps, comprising: Beating for a Boar; Raising the Boar from his lair; Charging the Boar; and The Wounded Boar Charging. Each trimmed to the image and 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (12 x 19 cm); each with hand-lettering to the mats, nicely matted and separately framed. each trimmed to the image and without text, one with a small puncture, sold as is; Offered with Preparing to Ride, reproduced after a painting, dated 1892.
Provenance: The Collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
The lot 4 frames.
[BIG GAME - ALKEN PRINTS]
Four boar hunting prints from Ackermann's Indian Sporting Scraps. [London: circa 1850]. Four hand-colored aquatint plates from Ackermann's Indian Sporting Scraps, comprising: Beating for a Boar; Raising the Boar from his lair; Charging the Boar; and The Wounded Boar Charging. Each trimmed to the image and 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (12 x 19 cm); each with hand-lettering to the mats, nicely matted and separately framed. each trimmed to the image and without text, one with a small puncture, sold as is; Offered with Preparing to Ride, reproduced after a painting, dated 1892.
Provenance: The Collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
The lot 4 frames.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 15, 2023
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on August 15, 2023. Offered was a summer miscellany of sporting material, Americana, fine bindings, literature, autographs, maps and more!
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