Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British

Title:
Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, blued white, wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "10 | 24/1"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "HRH 10 - 24."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.513
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
spectators | horseback riders | jockeys | brook | sporting art | whips (animal equipment) | horse racing | horseback riding | race (event) | men | tree | horses (animals) | jumping | landscape
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Tate Britain, 2003-02-06 - 2003-05-11)

Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-06-01 - 2003-08-27)

Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003-09-29 - 2004-01-04)

Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47192