Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:
"Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Topping a Flight of Rails...'
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 3/4 inches (20.8 × 27.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with black ink, lower center: "2. Topping a flight of Rails and comeing into the next Field. (.but not well.). if you have the | slightest regard for your Neck it would be better to make this the last stage"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "21"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "HRH 12 - 2"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.532
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sporting art | hat | horseback riders | jumping | field | fence | hunters | landscape | horses (animals) | horseback riding | falling | hunting | bushes | hunt | men
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47198