Fores Hunting Sketches - The Right and Wrong Sort, 1859, Plate 4, by Henry Thomas Alken senior

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Antique print, titled: 'Fore's Hunting Sketches. The Right and Wrong Sort, or a Good and Bad Style of going across Country. Plate 4.' -

Hunting scene in English landscape. 
Sir Henry Thomas Alken (British, 1785-1851) was a leading British sporting artist, exploring the comic side of riding in this series of prints depicting the follies and foibles of aristocrats on their weekend outings.
Henry Thomas Alken was a painter and engraver, son of artist Samuel Alken. He worked in London and the provinces and was prolific in a variety of media, including painting, etching and watercolor. Trained as a miniature painter, his works always had a graphic precision.
He is known for hunting, coaching, racing and other animal subjects. He was also employed by sporting periodicals as an illustrator and provided plates for the National Sports of Great Britain (London, 1821), "strengthening the market for his work in sporting circles, in particular the notorious clique of wealthy and reckless huntsmen who gathered at Melton."
Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster,He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. 
The condition of this print is good, given age. Colours a little faded. A small staining of glue spot in the top middle (minimally affecting top of the image). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully or ask for more via email. 
The overall size is 25 x 22 inch. The image size is 15 x 11 inch. The glazed wooden frame shows bumps and scuffs commensurate with ageAntique print, titled: 'Fore's Hunting Sketches. The Right and Wrong Sort, or a Good and Bad Style of going across Country. Plate 4.' - Hunting scene in English landscape. Source unknown, to be determined.
Sir Henry Thomas Alken (British, 1785-1851) was a leading British sporting artist, exploring the comic side of riding in this series of prints depicting the follies and foibles of aristocrats on their weekend outings.
Henry Thomas Alken was a painter and engraver, son of artist Samuel Alken. He worked in London and the provinces and was prolific in a variety of media, including painting, etching and watercolor. Trained as a miniature painter, his works always had a graphic precision.
He is known for hunting, coaching, racing and other animal subjects. He was also employed by sporting periodicals as an illustrator and provided plates for the National Sports of Great Britain (London, 1821), "strengthening the market for his work in sporting circles, in particular the notorious clique of wealthy and reckless huntsmen who gathered at Melton."
Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster,He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. 
The condition of this print is good, given age. Colours a little faded. A small staining of glue spot in the top middle (minimally affecting top of the image). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully or ask for more via email. 
The overall size is 25 x 22 inch. The image size is 15 x 11 inch. The glazed wooden frame shows bumps and scuffs commensurate with age

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