Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:
Scenes From a Steeplechase: Another Hedge
Date:
ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in black paint, lower left: "H. Alken"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.50
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
animals | horses (animals) | sky | clouds | hurdle | hedge | sporting art | landscape | horse riding | racing | jockeys | equestrians | breeches | racetrack
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thrill of the 'Chace: Steeplechasing in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2020-09-09 - 2021-03-22)

The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, pp. 254-55, no. 278, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

English sporting paintings, Autumn exhibition 1960 ... Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd. ... November 1st-December 3rd. , Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd., London, 1960, p. 4, no. 7-10, DealerCat Partridge Fine Arts, Ltd. (YCBA)

Thrill of the 'chace : steeplechase in art, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg : VA, p. 24-25, SF359 .P44 2020 (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 92, fig. b, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40722