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Henry Thomas Alken

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Henry Thomas Alken was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. His most prolific period of painting and drawing occurred between 1816 and 1831.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Mounted Hunters with Dogs

1830 · Watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on gray wove paper

10.8 × 15.2 cm (4 5/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate from Illustrations to Popular Songs

1822 · Soft ground etching with hand-coloring and aquatint on paper

Image: 19.8 × 25.3 cm (7 13/16 × 10 in.); Plate: 21.5 × 27 cm (8 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24.5 × 34 cm (9 11/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fox Hunt

1805 · Watercolor, over graphite, heightened with traces of white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on gray wove paper

10.7 × 15.3 cm (4 1/4 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Step to the Coach Box

1805 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 11.8 × 18.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 15.3 × 22.9 cm (6 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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