"Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Trying a New Match you Discover That They are Not Only Alike in Color, Weight and Action, but in Disposition

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British, "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Trying a New Match you Discover That They are Not Only Alike in Color, Weight and Action, but in Disposition, undated

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Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Title:: "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Trying a New Match you Discover That They are Not Only Alike in Color, Weight and Action, but in Disposition
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 10 7/16 inches (18.6 × 26.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "5"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "HRH 12 - 17A"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B2001.2.550
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: accident | carriage | coat | driver | driving | galloping | genre subject | hat | horses (animals) | men | people | speed
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Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46925
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