Antique Print-EASTER HUNT-HUNTING-HORSE-DOG-HUNTER-Alken-1821

a hunting party on horseback charging through a field with a town in the background.

Made by Henry Alken after own design.

Medium: Handcoloured etching. on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 19.6 x 12.7 cm (7.72 x 5 inch). Image size: 18.5 x 12.5 cm. (7.28 x 4.92 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Very good, given age, a small stain in the top margin. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

EASTER HUNT-HUNTING-HORSE-DOG-HUNTER | DPO-PCO-1-134

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This print originates from ‘Real Life in London, or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho and Tom Dashall through the Metropolis’, 1824. Dated 1821 in the print.

Biography engraver: Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was the most famous member of the Alken family, who originated in Denmark. His name is almost synonymous with sporting art. Henry specialised in sporting subjects and undertook a huge amount of work for the Ackermanns. He was a versatile artist: a painter, etcher and aquatint engraver and he also worked in lithography. Henry Thomas Alken was a son of Samuel Alken (1756-1815). He studied under the miniature painter J.T. Barber and exhibited his first picture at the Royal Academy when he was sixteen. From about 1816 on he was very productive. He is best remembered for his hunting prints.