Period: 19th century / Creator: Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

1. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1845
Medium:: 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

2. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: 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

3. Hunting Scene: The Meet

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: 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

4. Scenes From a Steeplechase: Another Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1845
Medium:: 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

5. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1845
Medium:: 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

6. Scenes from a Steeplechase: The Winner

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1845
Medium:: 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

7. Duck Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: 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

8. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: 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

9. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: 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

10. Duck Shooting in Winter

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: 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

11. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: 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

12. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: 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

13. Hunting Scene: The Kill

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: 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

14. The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses

Creator:: John Dalby, active 1826–1853, British
Date:: ca. 1835
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 20 inches (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Set of four - 2. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838, British
Date:: 1817
Medium:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4in. (29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Set of four - 3. Wild Duck Shooting

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838, British
Date:: 1817
Medium:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4in. (29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Set of four - 4. Bittern Shooting

Creator:: Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838, British
Date:: 1817
Medium:: Aquatint, colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4in. (29.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: 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

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, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: 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 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, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: 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

21. 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, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: 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

22. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Horses [set of six]: 2. Stanhope Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 3/4in. (21.3 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Horses [set of six]: 4. Park Hack

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 3/4in. (21.3 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Horses [set of six]: 5. Charger

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 3/4in. (21.3 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1819
Medium:: 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

29. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1819
Medium:: 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

30. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1819
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: 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

40. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1819
Medium:: 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

41. 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, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: 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

42. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4in. (22.5 x 27.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4in. (22.5 x 27.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4in. (22.5 x 27.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4in. (22.5 x 27.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. A pair: H. Alken's Illustration of Modern Prophecy, or Novelty for the Year 1829

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1829
Medium:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 10 1/4in. (20.3 x 26cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8in. (21.3 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1819
Medium:: 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

53. "Landscape Scenery", No. 18: Scenes of Horse Drawn Artillery, etc.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 9 1/2 inches (15.7 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. "Landscape Scenery", No. 13: Groups of Infantry and Army Horses

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1821
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 9 11/16 inches (16 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. "Scraps", No. 27: Two Dismounted Riders Drinking at an Alehouse Door

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Graphite and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 inches (16.7 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: 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

57. Symptoms: of to be Sold, of Despair, of Who is There, of Sold and Had Him a Week

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 7/8 inches (18.1 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Horse and Dog

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (14.3 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. "Scraps", No. 8: Scenes of a Lancer and Other Cavalry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1823
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 9 3/8 inches (17.3 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Symptoms: of None of Your Stuff, of a Declaration, of a Meltonian, of Is that a Writ I See Before Me, of a Love Feast, of a Buck

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 8 11/16 inches (17 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Symptoms: of Up With a Down Prospect, of Down with an Up Prospect, of Learning to Trot, of a Hard Mouth.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 1/8 inches (19.2 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Symptoms: of Unwelcome Guests, of Being Off the Curb, of Can't Exactly Say: No Consulation of Physicians, of W'ont Exactly Say: No Consultations of Lawyers.

Symptoms: of Unwelcome Guests, of Being Off the Curb, of Can't Exactly Say: No Consulation of Physicians, of W'ont Exactly Say: No Consultations of Lawyers.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 8 13/16 inches (17 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Hooded Damascene Cavalryman Riding

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 1/2 inches (11.1 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Three Men in (?) Seventeenth Century Dress, in a Street Sword Fight, Central Man Run Through

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 6 13/16 inches (12.5 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Wounded Turkish Cavalryman in Danger of Failling From His Horse...

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 15/16 inches (15.2 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Head of a Foxhound, in Profile Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

67. Head of a Stable Lad, Looking Between the Heads of a Horse, on His Left, and a Donkey, on His Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and white gouache on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 11/16 inches (12.7 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Knight Falling From His Horse at a Squire's Tilt

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 8 1/8 inches (12.7 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. A Character (? Macbeth) in Renaissance Dress...

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 7 15/16 inches (15.1 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Hussar with High Plume in His Helmet, Mounted on a Horse, With High Held Swishing Tail

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 5 1/8 inches (18.6 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Head of a Pointer, in Profile Left

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

72. Self-Portrait, Full Face Looking Downwards to Right, Wearing a Top Hat

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 4 9/16 inches (14.1 × 11.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Head and Neck of a Horse in Fear or Exhaustion, Mane Swept Forwards, Profile Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 5 inches (11.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

75. Head and Neck of a Horse, Profile Left

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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. Poachers Surprised

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 7/16 inches (9.8 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

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, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: 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 Have a Notion You Must Either Pull Him Over or Persuade Him to Pull You Back Again'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 7/16 inches (16.7 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: 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

83. "Sporting Notions": 'I Have a Notion That I Don't Look Unlike Mazeppa'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (16.5 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. "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, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: 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

85. "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, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: 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

86. "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, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: 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

88. 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, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

89. "Sporting Notions": 'This Gives Me a Notion it's Better to "Look Before You Leap" '

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Medium:: Graphite with red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 7/16 inches (16.7 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field": The Check: 'What the Devil Do You Do Here..'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

91. Illustration for R.S. Surtees', "The Analysis of the Hunting Field:" Full Cry: 'Let's Keep the Lead'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

93. 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, British
Date:: 1842
Medium:: 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

94. 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, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

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, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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. 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, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

97. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks's Surprize on Seeing the Paris Diligence, "My Vig, Here's Wombwell's Wildbeast show" '

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks's Surprize on Seeing the Paris Diligence, "My Vig, Here's Wombwell's Wildbeast show" '

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1818
Medium:: 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

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

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1818
Medium:: 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

100. "Doing the Thing: and the Thing Done:" Doing it No How

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: 1818
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 9 3/16 inches (15.2 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

2. Grouse Shooting

3. Hunting Scene: The Meet

4. Scenes From a Steeplechase: Another Hedge

5. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

6. Scenes from a Steeplechase: The Winner

7. Duck Shooting

8. Pheasant Shooting

9. Partridge Shooting

10. Duck Shooting in Winter

11. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

12. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

13. Hunting Scene: The Kill

14. The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses

15. Set of four - 2. Partridge Shooting

16. Set of four - 3. Wild Duck Shooting

17. Set of four - 4. Bittern Shooting

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

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

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

22. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

23. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

24. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

25. Horses [set of six]: 2. Stanhope Horse

26. Horses [set of six]: 4. Park Hack

27. Horses [set of six]: 5. Charger

28. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

29. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

30. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

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

42. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

43. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

44. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

45. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

46. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

47. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

48. Set of seven: The Seven Ages of the Horse

49. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

50. A pair: H. Alken's Illustration of Modern Prophecy, or Novelty for the Year 1829

51. Set of twelve [Scenes in the Life of Master George]

52. Set of seven: [Military Discoveries]

53. "Landscape Scenery", No. 18: Scenes of Horse Drawn Artillery, etc.

54. "Landscape Scenery", No. 13: Groups of Infantry and Army Horses

55. "Scraps", No. 27: Two Dismounted Riders Drinking at an Alehouse Door

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

57. Symptoms: of to be Sold, of Despair, of Who is There, of Sold and Had Him a Week

58. Horse and Dog

59. "Scraps", No. 8: Scenes of a Lancer and Other Cavalry

60. Symptoms: of None of Your Stuff, of a Declaration, of a Meltonian, of Is that a Writ I See Before Me, of a Love Feast, of a Buck

61. Symptoms: of Up With a Down Prospect, of Down with an Up Prospect, of Learning to Trot, of a Hard Mouth.

62. Symptoms: of Unwelcome Guests, of Being Off the Curb, of Can't Exactly Say: No Consulation of Physicians, of W'ont Exactly Say: No Consultations of Lawyers.

63. Hooded Damascene Cavalryman Riding

64. Three Men in (?) Seventeenth Century Dress, in a Street Sword Fight, Central Man Run Through

65. Wounded Turkish Cavalryman in Danger of Failling From His Horse...

66. Head of a Foxhound, in Profile Right

67. Head of a Stable Lad, Looking Between the Heads of a Horse, on His Left, and a Donkey, on His Right

68. Knight Falling From His Horse at a Squire's Tilt

69. A Character (? Macbeth) in Renaissance Dress...

70. Hussar with High Plume in His Helmet, Mounted on a Horse, With High Held Swishing Tail

71. Head of a Pointer, in Profile Left

72. Self-Portrait, Full Face Looking Downwards to Right, Wearing a Top Hat

73. Head and Neck of a Horse in Fear or Exhaustion, Mane Swept Forwards, Profile Right

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