Artworks · Henry Thomas Alken

Mounted Hunters with Dogs

1830 · Watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on gray wove paper

10.8 × 15.2 cm (4 5/16 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1823 · Hand-colored lithograph

Sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 15/16 in. (29.5 × 40.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Symptoms of a First Voyage

1822 · Softground etching, handcolored

Sheet: 8 5/16 × 10 7/16 in. (21.1 × 26.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Songs: "Deserted by the waning moon..."

1822 · Soft-ground etching

Image: 8 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (20.5 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 15/16 in. (27.3 × 38 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate from Illustrations to Popular Songs

1822 · Soft ground etching with hand-coloring and aquatint on paper

Image: 19.8 × 25.3 cm (7 13/16 × 10 in.); Plate: 21.5 × 27 cm (8 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24.5 × 34 cm (9 11/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1822 · Soft-ground etching

Image: 7 15/16 × 10 1/4 in. (20.1 × 26 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 3/16 in. (27.3 × 38.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Songs: "Ye Gentlemen of England That Live at Ease..."

1822 · Soft-ground etching

Image: 7 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20 × 25.5 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 × 15 1/8 in. (27.2 × 38.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Songs: "When in death I shall calm recline..."

1822 · Soft-ground etching

Image: 8 1/8 × 9 7/16 in. (20.7 × 23.9 cm) Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 3/4 in. (27.2 × 37.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

1822 · Soft-ground etching

Image: 7 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20 × 25.5 cm) Sheet: 11 × 15 3/16 in. (28 × 38.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First Step to the Coach Box

1805 · Hand-colored etching on paper

Image: 11.8 × 18.4 cm (4 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Sheet: 15.3 × 22.9 cm (6 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fox Hunt

1805 · Watercolor, over graphite, heightened with traces of white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on gray wove paper

10.7 × 15.3 cm (4 1/4 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago