On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: sporting art / Subject Terms: dogs (animals) / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Over the Bank, Exmoor

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1895
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 7/16 inches (25.1 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Kill

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 5/8 inches (27.3 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

3. Game Keeper and Boy Ferreting a Rabbit

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (26.7 x 19.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Tyrolese Hunters

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1827 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on heavy card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 1/8 inches (27.9 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Hounds and Hunters Attacking Deer

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 17 1/8 inches (28.9 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Landscape with Sportsman and Guns

Creator:: John Henry Müntz, 1727–1798
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 15/16 inches (22.4 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Country Amusement - Bull Baiting

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (16.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Man Hunting with a Pointed Staff and a Hound

Creator:: Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:: ca. 1645-1650
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 inches (11.7 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Stag at Bay - Scene near Taplow, Berks.

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1795 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red, black, gray and brown ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 20 5/8 inches (41.4 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. "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

11. Up and Over

Creator:: Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, 1870–1935
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 9 13/16 × 13 15/16 inches (24.9 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. "The Cover Hack"

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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field:" Full Cry: 'Let's Keep 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, 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

18. 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

19. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 5/16 inches (16.8 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Hunting Sketch: Gone to Earth

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, moderately textured, laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (21.9 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Coursing: Setting Out

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen, in black ink, gray ink, and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 3/16 inches (17.5 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Breakfast before the Hunt

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and gray ink with brown and blue wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8 inches (12.7 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Riders and Hounds in an Open Landscape

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 13/16 × 16 5/8 inches (27.5 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study for Deer Hunting Mural

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. I am not learned in Vaccine Matters - but I think those look like Charley's Calves

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 28 7/8 inches (54.6 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Ootacamund Hunt Meeting at Mr. Chalmers' House at Gindy, Madras, 1845

Creator:: Justinian Gantz, 1802–1862
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 20 1/8 inches (32.7 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Hunting a Hog-Deer: plate 24 for "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, blue ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 × 17 inches (29.7 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Going Out in the Morning: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/16 inches (29.8 × 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Kill

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 7 inches (11.4 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Close of the Season

Creator:: John Leech, 1817–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 3/4in. (16.2 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Landscape with a Hunting Party

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and gray ink over graphite with pen and gray ink and wash line on border on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (14.9 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

32. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: before 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 1/2 inches (25.6 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Foxhunting: Drawing Covert

Creator:: George Alken, 1794–active 1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 7/8 inches (16.7 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Foxhunting: Full Cry

Creator:: George Alken, 1794–active 1837
Date:: between 1827 and 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 10 3/16 inches (16.7 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Coursing: The Kill

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen, in black ink and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 3/16 inches (17.5 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Going out of Kennel

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/4 × 11 13/16 inches (23.5 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Coursing: a Group of Riders Galloping From Left After a Couple of Greyhounds

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 14 1/16 inches (14.9 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Sporting Parson: "The Sporting Parson at the Meet(ing) of His 'Dear Brethren' "

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 inches (27.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Sporting Parson: "A Find- and Our Parson Just Follows a Little, to See How His Dear Brethren Behave Themselves"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor, and white gouavhe on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray-brown, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 3/4 inches (27.1 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Sporting Parson: "He Joins to Cheer Them on Hallelujah!!!!"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 13/16 inches (27.3 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. The Sporting Parson: "He Trieth a Little 'High Church' Style"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 13/16 inches (27.1 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Sporting Parson: "He Sends Mother Eve's Apples Flying"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 13/16 inches (27.3 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Full Cry. 1821: Riders Taking a Wooden Fence

Creator:: George Alken, 1794–active 1837
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 1/8 inches (21.7 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. 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

45. 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

46. Hare Hunting

Creator:: Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (17.5 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. 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

48. A Match at Newmarket

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 7 3/8 inches (9 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Drawing Covert

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 10 11/16 inches (21.9 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. "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

51. Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 7/16 inches (23.5 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. 'Getting Across the Country Like a Gentleman'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 3/8 inches (23.5 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. The Death: Yokels Watching in Foreground

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 × 13 1/8 inches (23.2 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Jumping a Wooden Fence

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 11/16 inches (27 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. The Sporting Parson: "He Sheweth Them the Way They Should Go"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray-brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 1/16 inches (27.3 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. The Meet

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (13.7 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. "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

58. Preparing for a Hunt at Selhurst Park, Nov. 14, 1796

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 13/16 inches (19.8 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Jumping a Double Oxer - A Rider in Difficulties

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 5/8 inches (27.3 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Death: Huntsman Holding Fox Aloft

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 5/16 inches (26 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Snipe Shooting

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 7/16 inches (25.6 × 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. 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

63. Releasing a Bag-Fox

Creator:: George Alken, 1794–active 1837
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches (21.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. A Meet: a Lady Rider Converses with a Gentleman Standing by His Horse...

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 6 13/16 inches (19.4 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. "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

66. "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

67. The Death

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 10 11/16 inches (21.9 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Gone Away

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 13 3/16 inches (23.3 × 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Rider on a Brown Horse Going at a Wall

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 3/4 inches (22.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Huntsman, Galloping to Left and Encouraging Hounds

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 12 9/16 inches (22.5 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. The Huntsman and a Rider Encouraging the Hounds

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 7/16 inches (26.5 × 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. The Death: The Fox Hoist to a Fence

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 5/16 inches (26 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. 'Rather Too Fast'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 13 1/4 inches (23.7 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Foxhunting: The Kill

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, over graphite, with gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (32.4 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Whipper-in With a Hound, the Field Ahead at Left

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 16 1/16 inches (25.7 × 40.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Foxhunting: Rider and a Couple of Hounds Entering a Covert

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (25.1 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Treeing a Fox

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 16 1/2 inches (26.7 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Setters and Pheasant

Creator:: Edwin Gill, active 1810, died 1868
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 5/16 inches (27.3 × 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. "The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers Scuffling with the Constables in the Skittle Ground

Creator:: C. Blake, active 1825–1826
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and varnish on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 17 5/8 inches (32.2 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Snipe Shooting

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 14 5/16 inches (15.2 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Foxhunting: Unkennelling the Pack

Creator:: Edwin W. Cooper of Beccles, 1785–1833
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 19 3/16 inches (32.2 × 48.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Foxhunting: Full Cry

Creator:: Edwin W. Cooper of Beccles, 1785–1833
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 19 3/16 inches (32.1 × 48.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 9/16 inches (32.7 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Foxhunting: Near the Death

Creator:: Edwin W. Cooper of Beccles, 1785–1833
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 19 3/16 inches (32.1 × 48.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Foxhunting: The Start, With Rider in Foreground Mounting on Off-Side

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 7/8 inches (32.7 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Myles Sandys' Hounds and Huntsmen Scenting a Hare

Creator:: Thomas Sunderland, 1744–1828
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, gray wash, and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 13/16 inches (30.5 × 45.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Hunting in a Wood

Creator:: Francis Sartorius, 1734–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 17 5/16 inches (28.7 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Stag Hunting: Rider With Hounds About to Bring the Stag Down

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Foxhunting: Gone Away

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: 9 5/16 × 12 3/8 inches (23.7 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Foxhunting: Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 12 3/8 inches (23.7 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Foxhunting: The Death

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: 9 3/16 × 12 3/8 inches (23.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. 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

93. Foxhunting: The Toast

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 12 3/8 inches (23.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Foxhunting: Gone to Ground

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 14 1/4 inches (25.4 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Ferreting

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 16 1/4 inches (26 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Stag Hunting - The Hind at Bay: In a Mill-Stream Below a Water-Mill, Right...

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 inches (26.7 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Foxhunting: The Meet, With Hounds Coming Out of Kennel

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 17 7/16 inches (27.3 × 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Stag Hunting - The Meet: a Hind Released From a Van..

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 15 inches (26.4 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Foxhunting: Going to Draw Cover...

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (22.2 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Retrieving a Rabbit

Creator:: Edwin Gill, active 1810, died 1868
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 13 7/16 inches (27.5 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Over the Bank, Exmoor

2. The Kill

3. Game Keeper and Boy Ferreting a Rabbit

4. Tyrolese Hunters

5. Hounds and Hunters Attacking Deer

6. Landscape with Sportsman and Guns

7. A Country Amusement - Bull Baiting

8. Man Hunting with a Pointed Staff and a Hound

9. Stag at Bay - Scene near Taplow, Berks.

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

11. Up and Over

12. "The Cover Hack"

13. Grouse Shooting: The Right Sort

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

15. The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start

16. Grouse Shooting: The Wrong Sort

17. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field:" Full Cry: 'Let's Keep the Lead'

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

19. Pheasant Shooting

20. Hunting Sketch: Gone to Earth

21. Coursing: Setting Out

22. Breakfast before the Hunt

23. Riders and Hounds in an Open Landscape

24. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study for Deer Hunting Mural

25. I am not learned in Vaccine Matters - but I think those look like Charley's Calves

26. The Ootacamund Hunt Meeting at Mr. Chalmers' House at Gindy, Madras, 1845

27. Hunting a Hog-Deer: plate 24 for "Oriental Field Sports"

28. Going Out in the Morning: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

29. The Kill

30. The Close of the Season

31. Landscape with a Hunting Party

32. Pheasant Shooting

33. Foxhunting: Drawing Covert

34. Foxhunting: Full Cry

35. Coursing: The Kill

36. Going out of Kennel

37. Coursing: a Group of Riders Galloping From Left After a Couple of Greyhounds

38. The Sporting Parson: "The Sporting Parson at the Meet(ing) of His 'Dear Brethren' "

39. The Sporting Parson: "A Find- and Our Parson Just Follows a Little, to See How His Dear Brethren Behave Themselves"

40. The Sporting Parson: "He Joins to Cheer Them on Hallelujah!!!!"

41. The Sporting Parson: "He Trieth a Little 'High Church' Style"

42. The Sporting Parson: "He Sends Mother Eve's Apples Flying"

43. Full Cry. 1821: Riders Taking a Wooden Fence

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

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

46. Hare Hunting

47. Wild Duck Shooting

48. A Match at Newmarket

49. Drawing Covert

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

51. Full Cry

52. 'Getting Across the Country Like a Gentleman'

53. The Death: Yokels Watching in Foreground

54. Jumping a Wooden Fence

55. The Sporting Parson: "He Sheweth Them the Way They Should Go"

56. The Meet

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

58. Preparing for a Hunt at Selhurst Park, Nov. 14, 1796

59. Jumping a Double Oxer - A Rider in Difficulties

60. The Death: Huntsman Holding Fox Aloft

61. Snipe Shooting

62. Jumping a Low Rail and a Brook

63. Releasing a Bag-Fox

64. A Meet: a Lady Rider Converses with a Gentleman Standing by His Horse...

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

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

67. The Death

68. Gone Away

69. Rider on a Brown Horse Going at a Wall

70. The Huntsman, Galloping to Left and Encouraging Hounds

71. The Huntsman and a Rider Encouraging the Hounds

72. The Death: The Fox Hoist to a Fence