First Step to the Coach Box
Henry Thomas AlkenWW-1805-335013
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.)
Gift of Mrs. James Ward Thorne
Catalogue
- Year
- 1805
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Henry Thomas Alken
Artist
Henry Thomas Alken
Painting
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.
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- Henry Thomas Alken
- Year
- 1805
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1805-335013
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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