Author ss: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British / Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Exhibition Somerset House Tom and Bob

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

16. 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

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. 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

19. 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

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

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

21. Set of 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

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

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

23. "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

24. Foxhunting: The Start

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

25. Foxhunting: The Death

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 26 15/16 inches (24.3 × 68.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. 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

27. 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

28. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover when half over the next field ...

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

29. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover that your girts are broken ...

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

30. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover the whole face of the country ...

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

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

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

32. Easter Monday [Stag Hunting]: A View near Windsor

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 19 11/16in. (37.8 x 50cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting Dead Beat

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

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

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

35. Going at a Rank of Hurdles with Temper and Resolution

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

36. Foxhunting: Full Cry

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

37. Easter Monday [Stag Hunting]: A View near Epping

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 19 11/16in. (37.8 x 50cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. "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

43. Foxhunting: The Meet

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

44. 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

45. 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

46. "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

47. Head and Shoulders of a Boxer Dog, Profile Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on thick, rough, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 4 3/16 inches (10.6 × 10.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Head and Shoulders of a Collie Dog, Wearing a Leash or Tether, Sketchy Sheep in Background

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 4 3/4 inches (11.3 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Rider on a Brown Horse About to Jump a Rail Fence to the Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 12 3/16 inches (23 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. 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

51. 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

52. Steeplechasing: Five Riders Galloping Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 16 1/8 inches (25.1 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook, Spectators on Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 11/16 inches (26.5 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Steeplechasing: The Field Coming up to a Ditch

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 16 3/16 inches (25.1 × 41.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Steeplechasing: Four Riders Taking a Ditch and an Oxer

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 15/16 × 16 3/16 inches (25.2 × 41.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Steeplechasing: The Field taking a Stone Wall and Gate

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 5/8 inches (26.8 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Steeplechasing: The Finish

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 11/16 inches (26.5 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. The Night Riders of Nacton: Whoop! and Away! The large field near Biles Corner

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper mounted to thick card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. 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

60. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Galloping to Right, Mounted Spectators in Background

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Two Jockeys Galloping Neck and Neck to Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige 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

62. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping Into and Out of a Lane

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Three Racehorses with Jockeys Up Galloping in a Group to Left

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 17 3/4 inches (27.1 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Going Along a Slapping Pace...'

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 1/8 × 10 7/8 inches (20.6 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Topping a Flight of Rails...'

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: 8 3/16 × 10 3/4 inches (20.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. "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

67. 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

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. The St. Leger, Doncaster: The Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (31.1 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover that the only means you can adopt ...

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

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

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

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

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

73. "Scraps", No. 39: Mounted Hussars

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 inches (17.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. 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

75. Head and Neck of a Horse, Profile Left

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 4 11/16 inches (12.9 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Head of a Foxhound, in Profile Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (12.1 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Head and Neck of a Frightened Horse, Left Profile

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on thick, rough, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 × 5 1/2 inches (11.6 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. "Sporting Notions": 'I Have a Notion This May be Called "Riding to the Hounds at a Smashing Rate" '

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 8 3/16 inches (16.4 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. "Sporting Notions": 'I Had No Notion of the Comforts of Hunting by Water'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 1/4 inches (16.7 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. "Sporting Notions": 'I Have a Notion This Bridge Will A-Bridge My Sport'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 8 1/2 inches (16.4 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. "Sporting Notions": 'My Good Fellows Have You any Notion Where You Can Get a Saw'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 7/16 inches (17.5 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. "Sporting Notions": 'It's My Notion That This is the Only Way to Get Her Along'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 1/8 inches (16.2 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. "Sporting Notions": 'My Notion is We Shall Get Him up Pretty Shortly What is Your Notion? I've Worked so Hard that I Hav'nt a Notion in Me'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 inches (16.8 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. "Sporting Notions:" 'Hav'nt You a Notion That Tthis is the Best Mode of Monveyance Over a brook? and I Think by the Look of the Fellow he Never Had Any Thing so Neat in His Thing-a-My Before'

"Sporting Notions:" 'Hav'nt You a Notion That Tthis is the Best Mode of Monveyance Over a brook? and I Think by the Look of the Fellow he Never Had Any Thing so Neat in His Thing-a-My Before'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red chalk and white gouache on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 5/16 inches (16.5 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. "Sporting Notions": 'I Have a Notion That My Horse Looks Like 40 Guineas in the Pound'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 3/8 inches (16.7 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. "Sporting Notions": 'All He Is Fit For Sir, Now is to Be Cut Up. I Have a Notion That He Can't Be Cut up More Than Myself'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 5/16 inches (17.3 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

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

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

89. 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

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

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

91. 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

92. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field": The Leap: 'That Will Shut Out Many, and Make the Thing Select'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

96. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing it Somehow

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 9 1/8 inches (15.2 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

100. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Afternoon. Returning Home in Fine Trim. Doing the Most you Can

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

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1. Grouse Shooting

2. Duck Shooting in Winter

3. Pheasant Shooting

4. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

5. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

6. Hunting Scene: The Kill

7. Scenes From a Steeplechase: Another Hedge

8. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

9. Scenes from a Steeplechase: The Winner

10. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

11. Duck Shooting

12. Partridge Shooting

13. Hunting Scene: The Meet

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

15. Exhibition Somerset House Tom and Bob

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

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

18. Shot from a Gun

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

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

21. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

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

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

24. Foxhunting: The Start

25. Foxhunting: The Death

26. Grouse Shooting: The Wrong Sort

27. Grouse Shooting: The Right Sort

28. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover when half over the next field ...

29. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover that your girts are broken ...

30. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover the whole face of the country ...

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

32. Easter Monday [Stag Hunting]: A View near Windsor

33. [Fox-hunting] Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion. Getting Dead Beat

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

35. Going at a Rank of Hurdles with Temper and Resolution

36. Foxhunting: Full Cry

37. Easter Monday [Stag Hunting]: A View near Epping

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

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

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

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

42. "The Cover Hack"

43. Foxhunting: The Meet

44. Fox-hunting: Who-hoop!

45. Fox-hunting: The Brook!

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

47. Head and Shoulders of a Boxer Dog, Profile Right

48. Head and Shoulders of a Collie Dog, Wearing a Leash or Tether, Sketchy Sheep in Background

49. Rider on a Brown Horse About to Jump a Rail Fence to the Right

50. The Death: Yokels Watching in Foreground

51. The Death: Huntsman Holding Fox Aloft

52. Steeplechasing: Five Riders Galloping Right

53. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook, Spectators on Right

54. Steeplechasing: The Field Coming up to a Ditch

55. Steeplechasing: Four Riders Taking a Ditch and an Oxer

56. Steeplechasing: The Field taking a Stone Wall and Gate

57. Steeplechasing: The Finish

58. The Night Riders of Nacton: Whoop! and Away! The large field near Biles Corner

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

60. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Galloping to Right, Mounted Spectators in Background

61. Two Jockeys Galloping Neck and Neck to Right

62. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping Into and Out of a Lane

63. Three Racehorses with Jockeys Up Galloping in a Group to Left

64. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Going Along a Slapping Pace...'

65. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Topping a Flight of Rails...'

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

67. Foxhunting: The Death

68. Partridge Shooting

69. The St. Leger, Doncaster: The Finish

70. [Hunting Discoveries] ... Discover that the only means you can adopt ...

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

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

73. "Scraps", No. 39: Mounted Hussars

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