Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:
"Scraps", No. 28: Skittle Alley With Players and Spectators
Date:
1823
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 13/16 × 9 5/16 inches (17.3 × 23.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.398
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
drinking | ball | pins (bowling equipment) | skittles | skittle | glasses (drinking glasses) | bench | table | sporting art | lanes, bowling | skittle alley | men | players | spectators
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, p. 369, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46846