6 Antique Prints-CROSS COUNTRY-HORSES-FORE'S HUNTING SKETCHES-Alken-Harris-1859

Publication Date: 1859

About this Item

6 Antique prints, titled: 'Fore's Hunting Sketches. The Right and Wrong Sort, or a Good and Bad Style of going across Country.' - A set of 6 hunting scene in English landscapes. The prints show hunters on horseback with their hounds. This specific set focuses on riding style and the eventual mishaps in cross country riding. Source unknown, to be determined. Etching and aquatint in colours with handcolouring on wove paper. Made by 'John Harris' after 'Henry Thomas Alken. (1785-1851).'. Sir Henry Thomas Alken (British, 1785-1851) was a leading British sporting artist, exploring the comic side of riding in this series of prints depicting the follies and foibles of aristocrats on their weekend outings. Henry Thomas Alken was a painter and engraver, son of artist Samuel Alken. He worked in London and the provinces and was prolific in a variety of media, including painting, etching and watercolor. Trained as a miniature painter, his works always had a graphic precision. He is known for hunting, coaching, racing and other animal subjects. He was also employed by sporting periodicals as an illustrator and provided plates for the National Sports of Great Britain (London, 1821), "strengthening the market for his work in sporting circles, in particular the notorious clique of wealthy and reckless huntsmen who gathered at Melton." Good, given age. All of the plates with ghosting in the margins, as well as remains of attachment to matting in the top margin (tape remains and/or slight surface damage). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. The overall size is ca. 47 x 38 cm. The image size is ca. 38 x 28 cm. The overall size is ca. 18.5 x 15 inch. The image size is ca. 15 x 11 inch. Storage location: LJC-P1-17.

Seller Inventory # 68409

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 6 Antique Prints-CROSS COUNTRY-HORSES-FORE'S HUNTING SKETCHES-Alken-Harris-1859
• Publication Date: 1859
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Prints - Sports and Leisure