Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:
"Sporting Notions": 'This Gives Me a Notion it's Better to "Look Before You Leap" '
Date:
between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 7/16 inches (16.7 × 21.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.472
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
jumping | leaping | horses (animals) | falling | road | hedge | wagon | sporting art | hill | tree | horseback riding | accident | crash | horseback riders | men
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:46897