Creator:

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British

Title:
"The National Sports of Great Britain," 1821: Owling
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in graphite, lower left: "H. Alken"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.476
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
trees | building | poles | men | landscape | sporting art | path | field | owl | birds
Associated Places:
Great Britain | Europe | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:

Dudley Snelgrove, British sporting and animal prints 1658-1874 : a catalogue, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, pp. 32-33, no. 94 (50), NE960.3 .G7 B75 Oversize (YCBA)

Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47212