Antique Print-HUNT-FALL-RIVER-JUMP-Alken-1830

Description

a hunt in progress. One of the hunters has fallen into a stream (another is jumping over it). A pack of dogs runs to the right.

Made by Henri Alken after own design.

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

Sheet size: 24.6 x 15.2 cm (9.69 x 5.98 inch). Image size: 20.5 x 14 cm. (8.07 x 5.51 inch).

Condition: excellent, given age. Excellent, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HUNT-FALL-RIVER-JUMP | DPO-PCO-1-91

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Exact source unknown, to be determined. Published ca. 1830 (estimate).

Biography engraver: Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) was an English painter and engraver, mainly known as an illustrator and caricaturist of sporting and hunting subjects.