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Henry Thomas AlkenWW-1822-335010
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.)
Gift of Mrs. Isaac K. Friedman
Catalogue
- Year
- 1822
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- 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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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Henry Thomas Alken
- Year
- 1822
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1822-335010
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified