Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:
"Sporting Notions": 'I Have a Notion This May be Called "Riding to the Hounds at a Smashing Rate" '
Date:
between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:
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)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.464
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
falling | jumping | horses (animals) | hounds (dogs) | dogs (animals) | sporting art | horseback riding | hunt | hunting | crashing | horseback riders | hunters | men | trees | wall
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Dudley Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1981, NE960.3 G7 B75 + Oversize (Mellon Shelf) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46889