Collection: Prints and Drawings / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Creator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

301. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping in and Out of a Lane

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (26.7 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

302. Steeplechasing: The Field taking a Low Rail and a Brook

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 7/8 inches (27 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

303. 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

304. 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

305. 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

306. 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

307. "The National Sports of Great Britain," 1821: Owling

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 × 18 3/4 inches (34.6 × 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

308. "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

309. 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

310. 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

311. Set of four - 4. Bittern 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

312. 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

313. 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

314. Set of four: Comparative Sporting. 4. Partridge Shooters/The Wrong 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

315. Set of four: Comparative Sporting. 3. Partridge Shooters/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

316. Set of four: Comparative Sporting. 2. Grouse Shooting/The Wrong 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

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

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

318. Horses [set of six]: 6. Cabriolet Horse

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

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

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

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

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

321. 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

322. 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

323. 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

324. 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

325. 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

326. 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

327. 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

328. 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

329. 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

330. 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

331. 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

332. Horses [set of six]: 2. Stanhope Horse

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

333. Horses [set of six]: 5. Charger

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

334. 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

335. 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

336. 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

337. 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

338. 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

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

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

340. 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

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

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

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

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

343. Set of four - 2. Partridge 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

344. 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

345. 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

346. 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

347. 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

348. 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

349. 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

350. 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

351. 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

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

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

353. 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

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

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

355. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

363. Horse and Rider seen from the Rear

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 10 inches (27 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

364. Studies of Anglers

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 8 3/16 inches (12.4 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

365. A Gentleman driving a four-in-hand to a Mail Phaeton, accompanied by three grooms

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 14in. (15.2 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

366. 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

367. 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

368. 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

369. Study of Children

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (19.4 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

370. 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

371. 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

372. 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

373. 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

374. 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

375. Man Leaning on a Fence

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream 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

376. Giving the Village Donkeys a Treat

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 13/16 inches (19.7 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

377. Cockfighting

Creator:: James Clark, 19th century
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint with engraved lines, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 12 3/4in. (23.8 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville & Naomi Stone

378. A Turn Up with the Lads of the Village

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 7/16 inches (18.3 × 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

379. Cockfighting

Creator:: James Clark, 19th century
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint with engraved lines, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 12 3/4in. (23.8 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Melville & Naomi Stone

380. Fight

Creator:: C. R. Stock, active 1840
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 7 3/4in. (15.2 x 19.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Melville & Naomi Stone

381. Set of seven [Fox Hunting]. Hark to Old Danger

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 14 1/2in. (30.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

382. Set of seven [Fox Hunting]. The Pleasure of a view Holla

Creator:: after Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 14 1/2in. (30.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

383. Set of seven [Fox Hunting]. Taking the thing easy.

Creator:: after Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 14 1/2in. (30.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

384. Set of seven [Fox Hunting]. Taking the lead in defiance of Speed

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 14 1/2in. (30.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

385. Set of seven [Fox Hunting]. The reward of a bold push

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 14 1/2in. (30.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

386. Set of seven [Fox Hunting]. The Toast

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 14 1/2in. (30.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

387. Set of seven [Fox Hunting]. The Refreshment

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 14 1/2in. (30.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

388. 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

389. 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

390. 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

391. 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

392. 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

393. 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

394. 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

395. Fox Hunting: Leicestershire - Getting Away

Creator:: after Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
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

396. Fore's Contrasts: The Guard of 1852 ...The Guard of 1832

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 23 3/4in. (41 x 60.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

397. Fore's Contrasts: The Driver of the Mail 1852 ...The Driver of the Mail 1832

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 23 3/4in. (41 x 60.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

398. The Eagle Paris and Dover [sic] Coach

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 18 3/4in. (34.6 x 47.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

399. 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

400. 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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301. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping in and Out of a Lane

302. Steeplechasing: The Field taking a Low Rail and a Brook

303. Foxhunting: The Toast

304. Foxhunting: Full Cry

305. Foxhunting: Gone to Ground

306. Foxhunting: The Death

307. "The National Sports of Great Britain," 1821: Owling

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

309. Two Turkish Cavalrymen

310. Grouse Shooting

311. Set of four - 4. Bittern Shooting

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

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

314. Set of four: Comparative Sporting. 4. Partridge Shooters/The Wrong Sort.

315. Set of four: Comparative Sporting. 3. Partridge Shooters/The Right Sort

316. Set of four: Comparative Sporting. 2. Grouse Shooting/The Wrong Sort

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

318. Horses [set of six]: 6. Cabriolet Horse

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

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

321. Set of four - 3. Wild Duck Shooting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

332. Horses [set of six]: 2. Stanhope Horse

333. Horses [set of six]: 5. Charger

334. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

335. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

336. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

337. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

338. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

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

340. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

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

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

343. Set of four - 2. Partridge Shooting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

363. Horse and Rider seen from the Rear

364. Studies of Anglers

365. A Gentleman driving a four-in-hand to a Mail Phaeton, accompanied by three grooms

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

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

368. Going Along a Slapping Pace

369. Study of Children

370. Charging an Ox Fence

371. In and Out Clever

372. Swishing a Rasper

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