JPG - Current Image
PDF - Current Image & Data

Ware Horse (Primary Title)
Hunting Recollections (Series Title)

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

1829
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored soft-ground etching on wove paper with a watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1828
European Art
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 10 3/8 × 12 1/4 in. (26.35 × 31.12 cm)
Image: 8 1/4 × 10 3/4 in. (20.96 × 27.31 cm)
85.1277.1
Not on view
Printed above image upper center: HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. Printed beneath image lower left: H. Alken, del. et sculp. Printed beneath image in center: Ware'_Horse__D...n these Hot Horses they are seldom worth more than a bunch of dog's meat, after a ten minutes' burst./ London, Pubd. Jany. 1,1829, by R. Ackermann, Junr. 191, Regent Street. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: "MA" and "HRH 8 / 25"; upper right: "29" (in circle); in center: "1" (underlined)
Paul Mellon Collection
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

Some object records are not complete and do not reflect VMFA's full and current knowledge. VMFA makes routine updates as records are reviewed and enhanced.