Lot 116: PAUL, John Dean (1802-1868) and [Henry ALKEN]. A Trip to Melton Mowbray . London: published for the Proprietor by S. and J. Fuller, 1822. A hand-coloured aquatint panorama [by H. Alken] after Paul, containing 14 numbered scenes joined (90 x

PAUL, John Dean (1802-1868) and [Henry ALKEN]. A Trip to Melton Mowbray. London: published for the Proprietor by S. and J. Fuller, 1822. A hand-coloured aquatint panorama [by H. Alken] after Paul, containing 14 numbered scenes joined (90 x 6600mm. overall). (Scenes 2, 12 and 13 with closed tears into image, a few other short tears and snags at margins, scene 11 with small area of loss.) In original boxwood roller with hand-coloured pictorial title label, varnished (label chipped). Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (his sale, 19 June 1939, lot 527; lot no. preserved on base) -- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (his sale, Christie's London, 26-27 January 2006, lot 701).

'ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE HUNTING PICTURES OF THIS PERIOD, which marks the zenith of hunting in England' (Schwerdt). Half of the long panorama is actually devoted to the journey out of London and then onwards to Melton, and it is as interesting for its coaching as for its beautiful fox-hunting scenes. Sir J.D. Paul, a well-known banker, illustrated various works on fox-hunting, but probably received extensive assistance from Alken with this panorama. Abbey Life 488; Gee Sporting Panoramas 6; Dixon 50: 'of very great rarity'; Schwerdt III, p. 3: 'attributed to Alken without hesitation'.