Fine Art
"Spree At Melton Mowbray Larking At The Grantham Toll-Gate" By Henry Alken
$750
A Society of Distinguished Painters, Who Hunt with Fox Hounds, Live Splendidly and Only Paint at Night
Aquatint w/ Hand-coloring on wove paper
Print Sz: 12 1/4"H x 15 3/4"W
Frame Sz: 19 1/8"H x 22 3/4"W
Custom framed by J. Pocker & Son
On 6 April 1837, the 3rd Marquess of Waterford and a hunting party went on a spree through Melton streets causing much damage, according to the London Examiner. Henry Alken's pictures A Spree at Melton Mowbray and Larking at the Grantham Tollgate are said to illustrate this.
Sporting Anecdotes, Plate 21