Period: 19th century / Creator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. A Charging Mameluke Firing a Pistol

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and soft-ground
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

19. The Justice

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. The Lover

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. The School-Boy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. The Infant

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. Fox-hunting: The Brook!

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 14 1/4in. (42.2 x 36.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: Gone Away, 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

29. 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

30. The 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

31. 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

32. Full Cry

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

33. The Death

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

34. 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

35. The Toast

Creator:: George Hunt, active 1820–1840
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 17 3/4in. (35.2 x 45.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - The Death

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

37. Fox Hunting: The Leap

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

38. Fox Hunting: Getting Away

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

39. 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

40. Fox Hunting: The Meet

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 14 1/4in. (42.2 x 36.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - Dispatched to Head Quarters

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (26.4 x 33.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Plate 4. The Return

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 18in. (34.6 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - Getting Away

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

44. 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

45. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - Full Cry

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

46. Fox Hunting: The Death

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

47. Fox Hunters - Throwing Off

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 3/4in. (26.7 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Fox Hunters - Gone Away

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 3/4in. (26.7 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Fox Hunting: Full Cry

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

50. Fox Hunters - The Death

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 3/4in. (26.7 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Fox Hunters - In Full Cry

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 3/4in. (26.7 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Fox Hunting: The Death

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

53. Fox-hunting: Who-hoop!

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 24 1/4in. (42.2 x 61.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Fox Hunting: Away!

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 24 1/4in. (42.2 x 61.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - A Strange country

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (26.4 x 33.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - A Turn of speed over the flat

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (26.4 x 33.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - Up to Sixteen Stone

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (26.4 x 33.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - A Mutual Determination

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (26.4 x 33.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Plate 2. The Repast

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 18in. (34.6 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Plate 3. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 18in. (34.6 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - A Rare sort for the Downs

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (26.4 x 33.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Boy Sitting Holding a Cap

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 inches (22.2 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. 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

64. Jumping a Low Rail and a Brook

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 1/2 inches (27.1 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Foxhunting: The Refreshment

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, blue ink, graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 7/16 inches (23.8 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Two Turkish Cavalrymen

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 1/2 inches (21.4 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. "The National Sports of Great Britain" 1821: Badger Catching

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/2 × 19 5/16 inches (36.8 × 49.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 3/8 inches (27.3 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 14 inches (25.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Steeplechasing: The Start

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 6 1/8 inches (25.2 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. 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

72. Set of four: Comparative Sporting. 1. Grouse Shooting/The Right Sort

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etchings
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

73. 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

74. Set of four - 3. Wild Duck Shooting

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4in. (29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. Plate 1. Woodcock Shooting

Creator:: Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803–1889
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 18in. (34.6 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Set of four - 1. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4in. (29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. 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

82. Omnibus

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 14 3/4in. (27.5 x 37.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. 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

84. 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

85. The Holyhead and Chester Mails at Hockley Hill near Dunstable

Creator:: Robert Havell, 1769–1832
Date:: ca. 1837
Materials & Techniques:: hand colored aquatint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 1/8in. (20.6 x 28.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Bruce Passing the Peveril Coach and Manchester Mail

Creator:: Print made by Robert Havell II, 1793–1878
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 1/8in. (20.6 x 28.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. 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

88. "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

89. "Landscape Scenery", No. 7: Scenes of Cricket and a Waggoner With His Team

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 9 7/8 inches (15.6 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. "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

91. "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

92. 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

93. "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

94. "Scraps", No. 26: Hunting - The Kill, Fox About to be Thrown to the Hounds

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 5/16 inches (18.3 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. "Scraps", No. 15: Racehorse with Jockey Up, Two Men Discussing the Horse

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 1/2 inches (16.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. "Scraps", No. 8: Scenes of a Lancer and Other Cavalry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 9 3/8 inches (17.3 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. "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

98. "Scraps", No. 27: Two Dismounted Riders Drinking at an Alehouse Door

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache 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

99. Symptoms: of Being Bang Up, of a Fine Woman, of Being Bang Down, Of a Quiet One.

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: 7 × 8 3/8 inches (17.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. "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

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1. Scenes from a Steeplechase: The Winner

2. Duck Shooting

3. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

4. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

5. Partridge Shooting

6. Pheasant Shooting

7. Hunting Scene: The Meet

8. Duck Shooting in Winter

9. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

10. Scenes From a Steeplechase: Another Hedge

11. Grouse Shooting

12. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

13. The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses

14. Hunting Scene: The Kill

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

16. Shot from a Gun

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

18. A Charging Mameluke Firing a Pistol

19. The Justice

20. The Lover

21. The School-Boy

22. The Infant

23. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: A Meltonian as he is

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

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

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

27. Fox-hunting: The Brook!

28. Comparative Meltonians, as they Are, and as they Were: Gone Away, A Meltonian as he was

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

30. The Cover

31. Breaking Cover

32. Full Cry

33. The Death

34. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - The Meeting

35. The Toast

36. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - The Death

37. Fox Hunting: The Leap

38. Fox Hunting: Getting Away

39. Fox Hunting: Drawing the Cover

40. Fox Hunting: The Meet

41. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - Dispatched to Head Quarters

42. Plate 4. The Return

43. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - Getting Away

44. Fox Hunting: Going to Cover

45. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - Full Cry

46. Fox Hunting: The Death

47. Fox Hunters - Throwing Off

48. Fox Hunters - Gone Away

49. Fox Hunting: Full Cry

50. Fox Hunters - The Death

51. Fox Hunters - In Full Cry

52. Fox Hunting: The Death

53. Fox-hunting: Who-hoop!

54. Fox Hunting: Away!

55. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - A Strange country

56. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - A Turn of speed over the flat

57. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - Up to Sixteen Stone

58. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - A Mutual Determination

59. Plate 2. The Repast

60. Plate 3. Pheasant Shooting

61. Fox Hunting: Fores's Hunting Casualties - A Rare sort for the Downs

62. Boy Sitting Holding a Cap

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

64. Jumping a Low Rail and a Brook

65. Foxhunting: The Refreshment

66. Two Turkish Cavalrymen

67. "The National Sports of Great Britain" 1821: Badger Catching

68. Partridge Shooting

69. Grouse Shooting

70. Steeplechasing: The Start

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

72. Set of four: Comparative Sporting. 1. Grouse Shooting/The Right Sort

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

74. Set of four - 3. Wild Duck Shooting