A Real Miltonian
Henry Alken
1827
Medium
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
21 × 27.4 cm (8 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
watercolor
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133533
About the Artist
Henry Alken · 1785–1851
Henry Thomas Alken (1785–1851) was a British sporting artist and illustrator who became the most popular and prolific painter of hunting, racing, and coaching scenes in early nineteenth-century England. Born in London, he was the son of the sporting artist Samuel Henry Alken and received his earliest training from his father. He also studied briefly with the miniaturist John Thomas Barber Beaumont...