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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British, "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Swishing at a Rasper From Your Own Timidity and Mismanagement Cause the Horse to Swerve...', undated
- Title:
- "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Swishing at a Rasper From Your Own Timidity and Mismanagement Cause the Horse to Swerve...'
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 5/16 × 10 13/16 inches (21.1 × 27.5 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 8 1/8 × 10 11/16 inches (20.6 × 27.1 cm), Image: 7 1/2 × 10 5/8 inches (19.1 × 27 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with black ink, lower center: "Swishing at a Rasper. from your own timidity and mismanagement caused the Horse | to Swave, and at last to Bolt through the only bad Place in the Fence Leaving you | behind in the elegant attitude of the Spread Eagle."; inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "25"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "HRH 12 - 4"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.536
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- branches | falling | hill | horseback riders | horseback riding | horses (animals) | hunt | hunters | hunting | jumping | leaping | men | sporting art | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47202
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