Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:
Symptoms: of Sporting Friends Likely-to Go Together, of a Double Entendre, of Sporting Friends Likely-to Seperate, of Sure to HIt the Mark.
Date:
between 1822 and 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 8 15/16 inches (17.9 × 22.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "63" inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "of Sporting friend likely to seperate"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right, "of sure to hit the mark"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.575
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
friends | hares | dog (animal) | sporting art | shotguns | hunting guns | hunters | men | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46943