Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Creator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

101. "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving..." You Discover that the Reins are Under His Tail

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (19.1 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

102. "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Up and Down, or the Endeavor to Discover Which Way Your Horse is Inclined to Come Down, Backwards or Forwards

"Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Up and Down, or the Endeavor to Discover Which Way Your Horse is Inclined to Come Down, Backwards or Forwards

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (18.7 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

103. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" The Down Leap Done

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 9 1/4 inches (15.4 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

104. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing the Down Leap

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 9 1/8 inches (15.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

105. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": "Water, I do Declare with Worms in it"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (10.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

106. "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Trying a New Match you Discover That They are Not Only Alike in Color, Weight and Action, but in Disposition

"Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Trying a New Match you Discover That They are Not Only Alike in Color, Weight and Action, but in Disposition

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 10 7/16 inches (18.6 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

107. "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

108. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting Home

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1820 and 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 5/8 inches (19.2 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

109. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field": The Meet: 'With Bright Faces and Merry Hearts'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline, with gouache, and pen in black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 11/16 inches (12.1 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

110. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field": Getting Away: 'Let's Take the Lead'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline, with gouache, and pen in black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 3/4 inches (11.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

111. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field": The Check: 'What the Devil Do You Do Here..'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline, with gouache, and pen in black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 3/4 inches (11.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

112. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities:" 'Mr. Jorrocks Renounces the Acquaintance of the Yorkshireman'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

113. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Morning. Turning Out in Prime Twig. Doing the Least you Can

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, red ink, black ink, green ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 9 1/8 inches (15.4 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

114. "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:"...You Discover You Have Obtained a Steady One

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 1/8 inches (19.1 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

115. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting into a Difficulty

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1848 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 11/16 inches (19.2 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

116. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting Over a Difficulty

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1848 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 11/16 inches (19.2 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

117. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting a Dive

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1848 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 5/8 inches (19.2 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

118. Morning Ride

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1822 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 inches (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

119. An Illustration of C.J. Apperley ('Nimrod'), "The Life of a Sportsman": 'A Night Scene with Sir Thomas Mostyn'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline, with gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 3/8 inches (12.2 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

120. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Beats the Baron for Speed'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

121. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Lift me Up! Tie me in my Chair! Fill my Glass'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 9/16 inches (10.3 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

122. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": Title page

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 11/16 inches (21.3 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

123. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks's Surprize on Seeing the Paris Diligence, "My Vig, Here's Wombwell's Wildbeast show" '

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks's Surprize on Seeing the Paris Diligence, "My Vig, Here's Wombwell's Wildbeast show" '

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 9/16 inches (10.3 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

124. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing it No How

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 9 3/16 inches (15.2 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

125. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing the Thing Well - [giving Dribblers the go bye]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 9 3/16 inches (15.4 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

126. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Takes a Ride at St. Cloud'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

127. Foxhunting: Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 26 15/16 inches (23.8 × 68.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

128. The Leicestershire Hunt - The Death

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 1/2 inches (23.5 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

129. The Leicestershire Hunt - Symptoms of a Skurry in a Pewy Country

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 22 11/16 inches (23.3 × 57.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

130. 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

131. Charging an Ox Fence

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Sporting Art Collection

132. In and Out Clever

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (21 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Sporting Art Collection

133. Facing a Brook

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Sporting Art Collection

134. Topping a Flight of Rails and Coming Well into the Next Field

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (21 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Sporting Art Collection

135. Swishing a Rasper

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Sporting Art Collection

136. Going Along a Slapping Pace

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (21 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Sporting Art Collection

137. Breaking Cover

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 7/8 inches (37.5 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

138. The Quorn Hunt: The Meet at Ashby Pastures

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache over etched outline on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 20 1/16 inches (31.4 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

139. The Quorn Hunt: Drawing Cover

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic and gouache over etched outline on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 20 1/8 inches (31.1 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

140. The Quorn Hunt: Tally-Ho and Away

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic and gouache over etched outline on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 20 inches (31.1 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

141. The Quorn Hunt: 'Snob is Beat'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache over etched outline on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 × 20 1/8 inches (31.6 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

142. The Quorn Hunt: Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache, over etched outline on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 20 1/16 inches (31.1 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

143. The Quorn Hunt: The Death

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache over etched outline on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 20 1/16 inches (31.1 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

144. The Beaufort Hunt: Crossing the River Avon

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 20 1/2 inches (31.8 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

145. The Beaufort Hunt: The Death and Treeing

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 × 20 5/8 inches (31.9 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

146. The Quorn Hunt: The Pace Begins to Tell

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache over etched outline on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 20 1/16 inches (31.1 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

147. The Quorn Hunt: The Whissendine Appears in View

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache over etched outline on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 × 20 1/16 inches (30.6 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

148. The Beaufort Hunt: Finding (in a Bog)

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 20 1/4 inches (31.8 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

149. The Beaufort Hunt: The Return Home

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 × 20 5/8 inches (31.9 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

150. The Beaufort Hunt: Going out of a Kennel

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 20 1/2 inches (31.4 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

151. Treeing a Fox

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 13/16in. (37.5 x 55.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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101. "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving..." You Discover that the Reins are Under His Tail

102. "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Up and Down, or the Endeavor to Discover Which Way Your Horse is Inclined to Come Down, Backwards or Forwards

103. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" The Down Leap Done

104. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing the Down Leap

105. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": "Water, I do Declare with Worms in it"

106. "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Trying a New Match you Discover That They are Not Only Alike in Color, Weight and Action, but in Disposition

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

108. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting Home

109. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field": The Meet: 'With Bright Faces and Merry Hearts'

110. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field": Getting Away: 'Let's Take the Lead'

111. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field": The Check: 'What the Devil Do You Do Here..'

112. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities:" 'Mr. Jorrocks Renounces the Acquaintance of the Yorkshireman'

113. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Morning. Turning Out in Prime Twig. Doing the Least you Can

114. "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:"...You Discover You Have Obtained a Steady One

115. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting into a Difficulty

116. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting Over a Difficulty

117. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting a Dive

118. Morning Ride

119. An Illustration of C.J. Apperley ('Nimrod'), "The Life of a Sportsman": 'A Night Scene with Sir Thomas Mostyn'

120. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Beats the Baron for Speed'

121. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Lift me Up! Tie me in my Chair! Fill my Glass'

122. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": Title page

123. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks's Surprize on Seeing the Paris Diligence, "My Vig, Here's Wombwell's Wildbeast show" '

124. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing it No How

125. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing the Thing Well - [giving Dribblers the go bye]

126. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Takes a Ride at St. Cloud'

127. Foxhunting: Full Cry

128. The Leicestershire Hunt - The Death

129. The Leicestershire Hunt - Symptoms of a Skurry in a Pewy Country

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

131. Charging an Ox Fence

132. In and Out Clever

133. Facing a Brook

134. Topping a Flight of Rails and Coming Well into the Next Field

135. Swishing a Rasper

136. Going Along a Slapping Pace

137. Breaking Cover

138. The Quorn Hunt: The Meet at Ashby Pastures

139. The Quorn Hunt: Drawing Cover

140. The Quorn Hunt: Tally-Ho and Away

141. The Quorn Hunt: 'Snob is Beat'

142. The Quorn Hunt: Full Cry

143. The Quorn Hunt: The Death

144. The Beaufort Hunt: Crossing the River Avon

145. The Beaufort Hunt: The Death and Treeing

146. The Quorn Hunt: The Pace Begins to Tell

147. The Quorn Hunt: The Whissendine Appears in View

148. The Beaufort Hunt: Finding (in a Bog)

149. The Beaufort Hunt: The Return Home

150. The Beaufort Hunt: Going out of a Kennel

151. Treeing a Fox