"The Sport Of Our Fathers: Henry Alken" 1927 SPARROW, Walter Shaw Givenchy

"The Sport Of Our Fathers: Henry Alken" 1927 SPARROW, Walter Shaw GivenchySPARROW, Walter Shaw [55] pp. Charles Scribner's Sons 1927 Eight plates in colour and sixty four subjects in half tone 11 1 2" x 9 1 4" 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

w/ a foreword by Paul Brown

Sz: 58"L x 3

Emily[240] pp

in Oak wood frame

and son Jamie Wyeth

and his final years spent as a recluse in Wilsford Manor where all manner of stars made the pilgrimage to his bedside

w/ laid-in card

a preeminent canopy botanist

lending a patina of history

Key Aspects of Ronchamp:

Mary Martin

is widely credited