The Leading Couple of Hounds About to Kill a Fox (Primary Title)

Samuel Alken, English, 1784–1825 (Artist)

19th century
English
Drawings
Works On Paper
graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 10 3/4 in. (21.91 × 27.31 cm)
Mount: 11 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (29.85 × 34.93 cm)
Mat: 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.88 cm)
85.1151
Not on view
Inscribed in graphite on verso: HRH 17 - 4A. Inscribed in graphite on mount, lower left: "K"; lower right: "S. ALKEN"
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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