The First Fence (Primary Title)
A Steeplechase at Market Harborough, Leicestershire (Series Title)

Henry Thomas Alken, English, 1785 - 1851 (Artist)

ca. 1840–50
English
oil on canvas
Unframed: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
Framed: 13 1/2 × 17 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (34.29 × 45.09 × 4.13 cm)
2014.197
Series "Taking a Brook" (2014.198)@Series "Bad Fall at a Paling Fence" (2014.199)@Series "Coming up to the Finish" (2014.200)
Paul Mellon Collection
"Thrill of the Chase: Steeplechase in Art" National Sporting Library & Museum, September 9, 2020 - March 22, 2021
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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