Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British, Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish, ca. 1845
- Title:
Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish
- Former Title(s):
A Steeplechase: Another Hedge
- Date:
- ca. 1845
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- Support (PTG): 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in black paint, lower left: "H. Alken"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.51
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B2001.2.51FR
- Subject Terms:
- animals | crowd | equestrians | hedge | horse racing | horse racing | horse riding | horses (animals) | horses (animals) | hurdle | jockeys | landscape | men | people | race (event) | racetrack | spectators | sporting art | top hats
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40723
- Export:
- XML
Thrill of the 'chace : steeplechase in art, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg : VA, p. 23-24, SF359 .P44 2020 (YCBA)
Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 93, fig. c, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
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