Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:: "Sporting Discoveries, or the Miseries of Driving:" ... Up and Down, or the Endeavor to Discover Which Way Your Horse is Inclined to Come Down, Backwards or Forwards
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (18.7 × 26.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right, "26 | HRH 12 - 16A"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B2001.2.548
Classification:: Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: trees | hat | woman | driver | falling | fence | horse (animal) | reins | rearing (horse) | carriage | genre subject | driving | man
Currently On View:: Not on view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46923