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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British, "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Going Along a Slapping Pace...', undated
- Title:
"Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Going Along a Slapping Pace...'
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 7/8 inches (20.6 × 27.6 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 8 × 10 11/16 inches (20.3 × 27.1 cm), Image: 7 9/16 × 10 11/16 inches (19.2 × 27.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with black ink, lower center: "1. Going along a slapping pace; for the very same reason, that a crimnal goes to Goal. and at the | end of your career; the only difference is that you finish yours with Honour and the acclamation of your friends"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "20"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "HRH 12 - 1"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.531
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- dog (animal) | fields | galloping | horseback riders | horseback riding | horses (animals) | hound (dog) | hunt | hunters | hunting | landscape | men | sporting art | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47197
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