Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Title:
Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "10 | 24/1"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "HRH 10 - 24."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.513
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
horse racing | horses (animals) | jumping | whips (animal equipment) | sporting art | landscape | horseback riding | race (event) | jockeys | horseback riders | spectators | men | brook | tree
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Tate Britain, 2003-02-06 - 2003-05-11)
Publications:
Patrick Noon, Crossing the Channel : British and French painting in the age of romanticism, Tate Publishing, London, p. 264, no. 179, ND467.5.R6 N66 2003 Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:47192