Henry Alken Paintings
English, 1785-1851
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Artist: Henry Alken
4 19th century Fox Hunting in a landscape with horses, huntsman and hounds
By Henry Alken
Located in Woodbury, CT
Rare Set of Four Fox Hunting Scenes by Henry Alken (1785–1851)
English, circa 1830–1840
Oil on Canvas, One Signed Lower Right
This superb and rare set of four oil paintings by reno...
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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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