"Sporting Notions:" 'Hav'nt You a Notion That Tthis is the Best Mode of Monveyance Over a brook? and I Think by the Look of the Fellow he Never Had Any Thing so Neat in His Thing-a-My Before'

Henry Thomas Alkenbetween 1831 and 1832

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Title: "Sporting Notions:" 'Hav'nt You a Notion That Tthis is the Best Mode of Monveyance Over a brook? and I Think by the Look of the Fellow he Never Had Any Thing so Neat in His Thing-a-My Before'
Creator: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Creator Lifespan: 1785/1851
Creator Nationality: British
Creator Gender: male
Date Created: between 1831 and 1832
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 5/16 inches (16.5 × 21.1 cm)
Subject Keywords: field, boat, sporting art, horseback riding, galloping, water, pole, horseback riders, men, tree, riverbank, plants, brook, horses (animals)
External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
Medium: Graphite with red chalk and white gouache on thin, slightly textured, blued white, wove paper
Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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