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Henry Thomas Alken

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Caricature of a top-hatted man holding a long whip, with arched title 'H. Alken's Sporting Satirist' and verse below.

Set of twelve with title-page: Sporting Satirist

1834

Hand-colored print of a steeplechase: a horse leaps a wooden fence while another rider gallops across a field.

A Steeple Chase.Plate 5,_ Covering a Strong Bullock fence down for a hundred without any odds on White

Hand-coloured hunting print of a rider in yellow galloping with hounds across a field, followed by riders in top hats.

Yoi Yoi! At him Hannibal

Pencil study of a woman in a frilled bonnet beside two sketches of figures in hats and long coats.

Study of Children

Hand-colored print of a seated judge in a red chair as a man in green points and onlookers and a hound gather in a room.

The Justice

1824

Hand-coloured print of a dandy reclining on a pink sofa with dogs, a cockatoo, and a standing man in an elegant interior.

The Lover

1824

Pencil sketch sheet by Henry Thomas Alken showing a horse jumping a fence, riders, and a man with a long whip.

Symptoms: of Doubtful Amusement - or Craneing, of Anxious Amusement - or Sure of a Bite, of Public Amusement - or No…

Pencil sketch sheet with a horse and gig, a fallen man, a kneeling man at a trunk, a bearded face, and two conversing gentlem

Symptoms: of a Great One, of a Fine One, of a Queer One, of a Save All, of a View on Brighton Cliff, of Just Got Over…

Pencil sketch of a turbaned cavalryman with a sword standing beside a rearing horse on rough ground.

Turbaned Cavalryman Standing Beside a Horse

Pencil sketch sheet with a rider on a horse, a skeleton above a sleeping man, and five standing gentlemen beside a table with

Symptoms: of Can't Wait, of Come-to Ther Glass, of Blood & Bone-Going Against Time, of the Reduced List, of Out of Ca…

Pencil sketch of several vignettes: men dining at a table, men in top hats talking, a woman riding a donkey, and a man in a g

Symptoms: of Entering Quod, of a Hunting Story, of a Gig and Pair, of Wont Go, of Been in Quod some Tome

Pencil sketch of men in top hats walking and riders on horses in several studies on one sheet.

Symptoms: of a Few Neat Ones going to a Mill, of Returning from the Epping Hunt

Pencil sketch sheet of men, a biting dog, a thrown rider, and horses in various poses.

Symptoms: of Full Pay, of Half pay, of a strong attachment in the Dog, of anything but go, of no strong attachment to…

Pencil sketch of four comic vignettes: a thrown horseman, a doctor with a lancet at a sickbed, figures at a table, and gentle

Symptoms: of Unwelcome Guests, of Being Off the Curb, of Can't Exactly Say: No Consulation of Physicians, of W'ont Ex…

Pencil sketch sheet with riders on horses, a stout man, a seated woman, a dinner scene and a startled man in a top hat.

Symptoms: of None of Your Stuff, of a Declaration, of a Meltonian, of Is that a Writ I See Before Me, of a Love Feast…

Pencil sketch of caricatures: a surgical scene, a wigged face, two gentlemen greeting, and three riders on galloping horses.

Symptoms: of How Do You Do, of I Should Not Have Known You, of My Lud, Of Easing a Patient, of a Loose Rein, of Wokey…

Pencil sketch sheet with horses, a rider, a man in a top hat and a woman holding a whip, by Henry Thomas Alken.

Symptoms: of to be Sold, of Despair, of Who is There, of Sold and Had Him a Week

Pencil sketch sheet with four scenes of riders and horses, including a rearing horse, a fallen rider, and a woman with a fan.

Symptoms: of Being Bang Up, of a Fine Woman, of Being Bang Down, Of a Quiet One

Pencil sketch of a charging bull, runaway horses and riders thrown from their mounts, with dropped top hats.

Symptoms: of Up With a Down Prospect, of Down with an Up Prospect, of Learning to Trot, of a Hard Mouth

Pencil sketch of a stout rustic woman and a man holding pitchforks in a countryside field beside a tree and haystack.

Stout and Plain Country Girl Being Courted by a Yodel with Pitchfork

Pencil sketch of a turbaned horseman on a prancing horse, raising a curved sword high above his head.

Turbaned Cavalryman, Right Arm with Curved Sword Upraised

Hand-coloured print of two jockeys racing galloping horses side by side across a sandy track under a pale sky.

Racing - Henry Alken

Hand-colored print of three men fishing with long rods from rocks beside a river, with a waterfall behind them.

Salmon Fishing - Henry Alken

Hand-colored print of top-hatted men in a tavern yard with dead game birds in a basket and on the ground.

One Day's Sport of Three Real Good Ones Numbers will beat Science...The Corinthians bear the brunt

Hand-colored caricature print of seasick travelers and passengers in early 1800s dress, with captions about voyage symptoms.

Symptoms of a First Voyage

Hand-coloured print of men drinking and carousing in a tavern, with a dog and dead birds on the floor.

One Days Sport of Three Real Good Ones. The Corinthians making it up...by showing the Johnny Raws how to Grog it

Satirical etching with five vignettes: a kilted piper, a woman with parasol, a seated man, a bed struggle, and a man with dog

Songs: "A Highland lad my love was born..."

Satirical print of caricatured figures including a duel, beggars, a fashionable couple, and crutch users, with song lyrics.

Songs: "Ye gentle gates that fan the air..."

Engraved satirical sheet of comic figures with song captions, including an actor, card players, and a seated man in a cloak.

Songs: "What's this dull town to me..."

Satirical etching of caricatured men and women in scenes with swords, a man at a table, and a woman gesturing, 1822.

Songs: "I am the boy for bewitching them..."

Comic lithograph in a grid: men drinking at barrels, a tavern brawl, two head studies, and a woman at a hearth.

Songs: "With ____ mixture without measure..."

Satirical print of six caricature vignettes with verse captions, including a figure with a staff, a man with a top hat, and a

Songs: "My love she's so pretty..."