Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Creator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

1. Duck Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches (26 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Scenes from a Steeplechase: The Winner

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Duck Shooting in Winter

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 3/4 x 11 inches (22.2 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Hunting Scene: The Meet

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 3/4 x 11 inches (22.2 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/8 inches (45.7 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Hunting Scene: The Kill

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Scenes From a Steeplechase: Another Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses

Creator:: John Dalby, active 1826–1853
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 20 inches (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Shot from a Gun

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (17.5 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Stout and Plain Country Girl Being Courted by a Yodel with Pitchfork

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk, and pen and brown ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 inches (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Set of Seven: Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, 1 leaf of letterpress and the original wrappers
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 15/16in. (22.2 x 30.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 15/16in. (22.2 x 30.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8in. (13.3 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8in. (13.3 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8in. (13.3 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8in. (13.3 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8in. (13.3 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Horses [set of six]: 4. Park Hack

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 3/4in. (21.3 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Horses [set of six]: 3. Hunter

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 3/4in. (21.3 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Set of Four - Fox-hunting: Throwing Off

Creator:: Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 19 11/16in. (34 x 50cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Set of Four - Fox-hunting: In Full Cry

Creator:: Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 19 11/16in. (34 x 50cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Set of Four - Fox-hunting: The Death

Creator:: Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 19 11/16in. (34 x 50cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Set of four - Fox-hunting: Unkennelling

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 18 1/8in. (36.2 x 46cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Set of four - Fox-hunting: Breaking Cover

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 18 1/8in. (36.2 x 46cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Set of four - Fox-hunting: Full Cry

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 18 1/8in. (36.2 x 46cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Set of four - Fox-hunting: The Death

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 18 1/8in. (36.2 x 46cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover if you intend to do the thing well ...

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4in. (22.2 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. [Hunting Discoveries] ... at Length perceive a light which you Discover ...

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4in. (22.2 x 29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. [Fox-hunting] Going to Cover

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1820-1821
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 22in. (34.9 x 55.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting over a difficulty

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 13/16in. (22.2 x 30cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. [Fox-hunting] Full Cry

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1820-1821
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 22in. (34.9 x 55.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting into a Bog

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 13/16in. (22.2 x 30cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. [Fox-hunting] Breaking Cover

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1820-1821
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 22in. (34.9 x 55.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting a fall

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 13/16in. (22.2 x 30cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. "By - he'll get to the Earth..."

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. "Topping a Park fence and doing the thing easy"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Foxhunting: The Start

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 26 13/16 inches (24.1 × 68.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Foxhunting: The Meet

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 26 7/8 inches (24 × 68.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Grouse Shooting: The Wrong Sort

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (21.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and gray ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 22 7/16 inches (23.5 × 57 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Leicestershire Hunt - The First Ten Minutes - Shaking off the Cocktails

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and gray ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 22 1/8 inches (22.9 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: Gone Away, A Meltonian as he is

Creator:: George Hunt, active 1820–1840
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 15 3/4in. (33 x 40cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting into a difficulty

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 13/16in. (22.2 x 30cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. [Fox-hunting] Tree-ing the Fox

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1820-1821
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 22in. (34.9 x 55.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Grouse Shooting: The Right Sort

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and red ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 13/16 inches (21.6 × 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: A Meltonian as he was

Creator:: George Hunt, active 1820–1840
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 15 3/4in. (33 x 40cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - The Meeting

Creator:: Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding, 1781–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 18 3/4in. (29.8 x 47.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Fox Hunting: Going to Cover

Creator:: Charles Bentley, 1806–1854
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 5/8in. (26.7 x 42.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Fox Hunting: Drawing the Cover

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/2in. (26.4 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: A Meltonian as he us'd to be

Creator:: George Hunt, active 1820–1840
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 15 3/4in. (33 x 40cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. A Bath Coach

Creator:: Aquatinted by George Hunt, active 1820–1840
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint with hand coloring in watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 13 5/8in. (27.3 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. A pair: H. Alken's Illustration of Modern Prophecy, or Novelty for the Year 1829

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 10 1/4in. (20.3 x 26cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Set of 6 with the printed wrapper: British Proverbs

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etchings
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/8in. (22.2 x 28.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: Gone Away, A Meltonians as the are

Creator:: George Hunt, active 1820–1840
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 15 3/4in. (33 x 40cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Breaking Cover

Creator:: George Hunt, active 1820–1840
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 17 7/8in. (34.9 x 45.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Set of six with printed wrapper, and title-page: Shooting, or One Day's Sport of Three Real Good One's

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (24.8 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4in. (22.5 x 27.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Masquerade, Tom & Bob keeping it up in real character

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. The Country Squire taking a peep at Charley's Theatre Westminster

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Exhibition Somerset House Tom and Bob

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7in. (12.1 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. A Gentleman Riding With a Groom, and Coversing

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 10 3/8 inches (19.8 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. "Scraps", no. 33: Mounted Mameluke Brandishing a Sword

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 3/16 inches (16.7 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. "Scraps", no. 32: Two Mamelukes Talking, One Mounted

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 3/8 inches (16.8 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. "Scraps", no. 34: Mounted Mameluke Pointing a Pistol

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (16.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. "Scraps", no. 35: Mounted Mameluke with Bamboo Spear

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 9 1/4 inches (17.3 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. "Scraps", no 17: Racing, Three Horses with Jockeys Up Galloping to Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 inches (16.7 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. "Scraps", no. 22: Hunting, Unkennelling with Two Riders Watching

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 inches (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. "Landscape Scenery", No. 18: Scenes of Horse Drawn Artillery, etc.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 9 1/2 inches (15.7 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. "Landscape Scenery", No. 10: Scenes with Wood-Cutters

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 5/8 inches (16.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. A Charging Mameluke Firing a Pistol

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with traces of red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 10 1/16 inches (16.7 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. "Landscape Scenery", No. 13: Groups of Infantry and Army Horses

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 9 11/16 inches (16 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. "Scraps", No. 24: Hunting -Ttwo Riders, One Opening a Gate For Hounds

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 3/16 inches (18.3 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. "Scraps", No. 28: Skittle Alley With Players and Spectators

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 9 5/16 inches (17.3 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Symptoms: of Full Pay, of Half pay, of a strong attachment in the Dog, of anything but go, of no strong attachment to the Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 8 11/16 inches (17.6 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Head and Shoulders of a Boxer Dog, Profile Left, Wearing a Leather Collar A ttached to a Ring Post

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 5 7/8 inches (12.1 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Poachers Surprised

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 7/16 inches (9.8 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting Dead Beat

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1848 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 11/16 inches (19.4 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Symptoms: of Sporting Friends Likely-to Go Together, of a Double Entendre, of Sporting Friends Likely-to Seperate, of Sure to HIt the Mark.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1822 and 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 8 15/16 inches (17.9 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. H. Grant on Horseback

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, graphite, and gouache on very thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 3/8 inches (24 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Two Riders Exercising Horses at a Gallop

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and red ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 14 9/16 inches (25.9 × 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Two Riders and a Couple of Hounds Clearing a Wall

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 13 3/16 inches (23.2 × 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. A Cock-Fight Watched by Four Men in an Out-House: The Fight, Engraved as Plate 39 in "The National Sports of Great Britain"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and blue ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/4 × 13 11/16 inches (24.8 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. A Whipper-In and a Couple of Hounds Running Hard in Open Country

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 13/16 inches (23.2 × 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. A Cock-fight Watched by Four Men in an Out-House:The Death, Engraved as Plate 40 in "The National Sports of Great Britain"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 11/16 × 13 11/16 inches (24.6 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. "Sporting Anecodotes:" Drawing for the Soft-Gound Etching of 'The Sporting Butcher'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 12 7/16 inches (21.1 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. "Sporting Anecdotes:" Sketch for 'The Sporting Butcher'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 13 1/16 inches (21.6 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Two Riders Taking a Double Fence

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 11/16 inches (21 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. "Sporting Incidents:" Drawing For the Soft-gound Etching of 'Panther Hunting'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 12 3/8 inches (20 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Wild Duck Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (22.2 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. The Ice-Wagon

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 1/4 inches (21.6 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. "Sporting Incidents:" Drawing For the Soft-ground Etching of 'Through the Wood'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 12 1/2 inches (21.1 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Full Cry

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 5/8 inches (22.2 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Duck Shooting

2. Scenes from a Steeplechase: The Winner

3. Grouse Shooting

4. Duck Shooting in Winter

5. Hunting Scene: The Meet

6. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

7. Pheasant Shooting

8. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

9. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

10. Hunting Scene: The Kill

11. Scenes From a Steeplechase: Another Hedge

12. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

13. Partridge Shooting

14. The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses

15. Shot from a Gun

16. Stout and Plain Country Girl Being Courted by a Yodel with Pitchfork

17. Set of Seven: Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man

18. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

19. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

20. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

21. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

22. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

23. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

24. Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

25. Horses [set of six]: 4. Park Hack

26. Horses [set of six]: 3. Hunter

27. Set of Four - Fox-hunting: Throwing Off

28. Set of Four - Fox-hunting: In Full Cry

29. Set of Four - Fox-hunting: The Death

30. Set of four - Fox-hunting: Unkennelling

31. Set of four - Fox-hunting: Breaking Cover

32. Set of four - Fox-hunting: Full Cry

33. Set of four - Fox-hunting: The Death

34. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover if you intend to do the thing well ...

35. [Hunting Discoveries] ... at Length perceive a light which you Discover ...

36. [Fox-hunting] Going to Cover

37. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting over a difficulty

38. [Fox-hunting] Full Cry

39. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting into a Bog

40. [Fox-hunting] Breaking Cover

41. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting a fall

42. "By - he'll get to the Earth..."

43. "Topping a Park fence and doing the thing easy"

44. Foxhunting: The Start

45. Foxhunting: The Meet

46. Grouse Shooting: The Wrong Sort

47. The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start

48. The Leicestershire Hunt - The First Ten Minutes - Shaking off the Cocktails

49. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: Gone Away, A Meltonian as he is

50. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting into a difficulty

51. [Fox-hunting] Tree-ing the Fox

52. Grouse Shooting: The Right Sort

53. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: A Meltonian as he was

54. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - The Meeting

55. Fox Hunting: Going to Cover

56. Fox Hunting: Drawing the Cover

57. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: A Meltonian as he us'd to be

58. A Bath Coach

59. A pair: H. Alken's Illustration of Modern Prophecy, or Novelty for the Year 1829

60. Set of 6 with the printed wrapper: British Proverbs

61. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: Gone Away, A Meltonians as the are

62. Breaking Cover

63. Set of six with printed wrapper, and title-page: Shooting, or One Day's Sport of Three Real Good One's

64. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

65. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

66. Masquerade, Tom & Bob keeping it up in real character

67. The Country Squire taking a peep at Charley's Theatre Westminster

68. Exhibition Somerset House Tom and Bob

69. A Gentleman Riding With a Groom, and Coversing

70. "Scraps", no. 33: Mounted Mameluke Brandishing a Sword

71. "Scraps", no. 32: Two Mamelukes Talking, One Mounted

72. "Scraps", no. 34: Mounted Mameluke Pointing a Pistol

73. "Scraps", no. 35: Mounted Mameluke with Bamboo Spear

74. "Scraps", no 17: Racing, Three Horses with Jockeys Up Galloping to Right