Sporting Anecdotes. Serious Times. Three Blind Un's & a Bolter
Henry Alken (1785–1851)
Sporting Anecdotes. Serious Times. Three Blind Un's & a Bolter
Henry Alken (1785–1851)
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- aquatint, coloured
- Measurements
- 442 × 596 mm
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- historical family property
- Artists/makers/authors
- Henry Alken
- Inventory number
- GR 5685
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Bez. oben Mitte: Sporting Anecdotes. / SERIOUS TIMES.
Bez. oben rechts: PLATE 3.
Bez. unter dem Bildfeld links: H. ALKEN. DELT.
Bez. unter dem Bildfeld rechts:LONDON: PUBLISHED AT 31, ELY PLACE. E. C.
Bez. unten Mitte: THREE BLIND UN’S AND A BOLTER. / I recollect once having a sanctified chap for a passenger, and nothing that was either said or done was at all to his mind._ On that day I happened to have a very aukward team, / & my near leader pulled to such a degree that I was wicked enough to let drive a few hearty d_m’s at her; my pious companion all the while exhorting me to „patience“_ / „Patience be d_d“ at last said I, fairly sick of the two, upon which he bolted as if he had been galvanized_ „Pray Sir“ said he „did you ever hear of Job?“_ He can’t keep out of the shop, / thought I, but I wont have it, so I answered „What Coach does he drive?_ „Awful in the extreme“_ said he throwing up his hands „I fear you dont read your Bible, but I will tell / you_ he was the most patient man that ever existed“_ „But Sir“ said I „did he ever drive Three blind un’s & a bolter?“ / Remarks by a Fetter-Lane Coachman, in the New Sporting Mage. Feb. 1833_ p. 249.
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