Frankland (Robert). Indispensible Accomplishments, 1st edition, H. Humphrey, June 24th 1811, calligraphic title page, six etched plates with bright contemporary hand-colouring, very slight spotting to the first plate, later endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, old Christie's auction description tipped onto the front endpaper, all edges gilt, full 20th-century red morocco gilt with floriate gilt dentelles, oblong 4to (Quantity: 1) Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). Rare. Tooley 158 (under Billesdon Coplow), Silzer, page 122, Not listed in Abbey. The Plates comprise: 1. Going along a slapping pace. 2. Topping a flight of Rails, and coming well into the next Field. 3. Charging an Ox-fence. 4. Going in and out clever. 5. Facing a Brook 6. Swishing at a Rasper. The series is regarded as a classic of English sporting illustration and provided the inspiration for Alken’s Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders. Sir Robert Frankland (1784-1849), Seventh Baron of Thirkelby, was an MP and a talented amateur artist, who published under the pseudonym of Billesdon Coplow.
Frankland (Robert). Indispensible Accomplishments, 1st edition, H. Humphrey, June 24th 1811, calligraphic title page, six etched plates with bright contemporary hand-colouring, very slight spotting to the first plate, later endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, old Christie's auction description tipped onto the front endpaper, all edges gilt, full 20th-century red morocco gilt with floriate gilt dentelles, oblong 4to (Quantity: 1) Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). Rare. Tooley 158 (under Billesdon Coplow), Silzer, page 122, Not listed in Abbey. The Plates comprise: 1. Going along a slapping pace. 2. Topping a flight of Rails, and coming well into the next Field. 3. Charging an Ox-fence. 4. Going in and out clever. 5. Facing a Brook 6. Swishing at a Rasper. The series is regarded as a classic of English sporting illustration and provided the inspiration for Alken’s Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders. Sir Robert Frankland (1784-1849), Seventh Baron of Thirkelby, was an MP and a talented amateur artist, who published under the pseudonym of Billesdon Coplow.
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