Henry Alken Art
English, 1785-1851
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Artist: Henry Alken
Greyhounds - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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The Analysis of the Hunting Field - Etching by Henry Alke - 1846
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1846. Plate from "The Analysis of the Hunting Field".
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and engrav...
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“The Race”
By Henry Alken
Located in Southampton, NY
Graphite and watercolor attributed to the well known British artist, Henry Thomas Alken. Circa 1825. Unsigned. Condition: Good. Provenance: Christie’s London, 1993. Matted but presently unframed.
Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster, and baptised on 6 November at St James's Church, Piccadilly. He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. Two of his brothers were George and Samuel Alken the Younger, also an artist. In 1789, the Alken family moved from Soho to 2, Francis Street East, Bedford Square.
Young Henry first studied under his father and then with the miniature painter John Thomas Barber...
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1820s Academic Henry Alken Art
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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
$1,500 Sale Price
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"Swishing A Rasper" 1850 by Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic fox-hunt engraving Pl.3. "Swishing a Rasper" by H(enry) Alken printed 1850 from Fores' Hunting Accomplishments in hunter green mat w/ gilt frame
Image Sz: 10"H x 12.75"W
Fr...
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1850s Henry Alken Art
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Lithograph
Full Cry - Etching by Henry Alke - 1846
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1846. Plate from "The Analysis of the Hunting Field".
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and engrav...
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The Analysis of the Hunting Field - Etching by Henry Alken- 1846
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1846. Plate from "The Analysis of the Hunting Field".
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and engrav...
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The Leap - Etching by Henry Alke - 1846
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1846. Plate from "The Analysis of the Hunting Field".
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and engrav...
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Wild Fowl Shooting - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Dog Fight - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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The Favorite Between the Heats - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
$180 Sale Price
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Running - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
$180 Sale Price
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"Full Cry or Hunter's and Harness" Watercolour by Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Bristol, CT
Henry Alken (1810-1894)
Art Sz: 12.35"H x 16"W
Frame Sz: 18.25"H x 21.25"W
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20th Century Henry Alken Art
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Watercolor
"Hackney" 1820 by Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Bristol, CT
Henry Alken hand-colour plate c1820 Hackney
Published by T. McLean London
Art Sz: 7"H x 9 1/4"W
Frame Sz: 11 3/4"H x 14 1/2"W
w/ birdseye maple frame
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1820s Henry Alken Art
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Lithograph
Tandem Driving - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
The Analysis of the Hunting Field - Frontispiece - Etching by Henry Alken- 1846
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1846. Plate from "The Analysis of the Hunting Field".
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and engrav...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
The Analysis of the Hunting Field - Etching by Henry Alken- 1846
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1846. Plate from "The Analysis of the Hunting Field".
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and engrav...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
Gone Away - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
Pointers - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
The Whipper In- Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
The Coachman - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
The Death - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
$180 Sale Price
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Grouse Shooting- Etching by Henry Alken - 1822
By Henry Alken
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition.
Very good condition.
Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Henry Alken Art
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Etching
"Huntsmen Shooting" Watercolour Drawing By Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9 7/8"H x 14 1/2"W
Frame Sz: 17 1/8"H x 21 1/8"W
Artist: Henry Alken
Provenance:
The Sportsman's Gallery of Art and Books, Inc.
7 East 55th Street New York 22, N.Y.
(La...
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20th Century Henry Alken Art
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Watercolor
"Snipe Shooting" 1820 by Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Bristol, CT
Print Sz: 7 1/2"H x 9 1/2"W
Frame Sz: 14 1/4"H x 15 3/4"W
Artist: Henry Alken
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1820s Henry Alken Art
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Lithograph
"Shooting" Watercolour Drawing By Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9 7/8"H x 14 1/2"W
Frame Sz: 17 1/8"H x 21 1/4"W
Artist: Henry Alken
Provenance:
The Sportsman's Gallery of Art and Books, Inc.
7 East 55th Street New York 22, N.Y.
(La...
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19th Century Henry Alken Art
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Watercolor
"Two Huntsmen Quail Shooting In A Field" Drawing by Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9 3/4"H x 14 1/4"W
Frame Sz: 17"H x 21"W
Henry Alken (1810-1894)
Pencil Drawing w/ Watercolour Highlights
w/ The Sportsman's Gallery Label on Verso
Collection of Kate We...
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Late 19th Century Henry Alken Art
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Pencil
Huntsman w/Two Game Dogs Pheasant Shooting" Drawing w/Watercolour by Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9 3/4"L x 14 1/4"W
Frame Sz: 17"H x 21"W
w/ the Sportsman's Gallery Label on Verso
Henry Alken (1810-1894)
Collection of Kate Webb Harris, Shelburne, VT
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20th Century Henry Alken Art
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Watercolor
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Located in Bristol, CT
Hand-colour plate Getting Away Hold Hard Tom, let them get steadily at him drawn by Henry Alken
Copyright 1927 Chagnon & Co New York
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"The Quorn Hunt The Meet Plate 1" By Henry Alken 1835 Published By Ackermann
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Henry Thomas Alken was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. His most prolific period of painting and drawing occurred between 1816 and 1831.
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Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster, and baptised on 6 November at St James's Church, Piccadilly. He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. Two of his brothers were George and Samuel Alken the Younger, also an artist. In 1789, the Alken family moved from Soho to 2, Francis Street East, Bedford Square. Young Henry first studied under his father and then with the miniature painter John Thomas Barber...
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Henry Thomas Alken was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. His most prolific period of painting and drawing occurred between 1816 and 1831.
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