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Henry Thomas Alken
Henry Thomas Alken

Henry Thomas Alken

English, 1785 – 1851
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Henry Thomas Alken was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. His most prolific period of painting and drawing occurred between 1816 and 1831.

Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho, Westminster, and baptised on 6 November at St James's Church, Piccadilly. He was the third son of Samuel Alken, a sporting artist. Two of his brothers were George and Samuel Alken the Younger, also an artist. In 1789, the Alken family moved from Soho to 2, Francis Street East, Bedford Square.

Young Henry first studied under his father and then with the miniature painter John Thomas Barber Beaumont (1774–1841), also known as J. T. Barber. In 1801, Alken sent a miniature portrait of Miss Gubbins to the Royal Academy Exhibition. He exhibited a second miniature at the Royal Academy before abandoning miniature painting and taking on painting and illustrating. Early in his career, he painted sporting subjects under the name of "Ben Tally-O". Alken married Maria Gordon on 14 October 1809 at St Clement's Church, Ipswich. On 22 August of the following year later the couple's first son was baptised. Alken went on to father five children, of whom two were artists, Samuel Henry, also a sporting artist, known as Henry Alken junior, and Sefferien junior.

From about 1816 onwards Alken "produced an unending stream of paintings, drawings and engravings of every type of field and other sporting activity," and his soft-ground etchings were often colored by hand. When Alken was 26, he and his young family lived over a shop in Haymarket that belonged to print publisher Thomas McLean of the "Repository of Wit and Humour." McLean paid Alken a daily wage of thirty shillings, considered a good income at the time.

Alken died in April 1851 and was buried in Highgate cemetery. Although fairly affluent for most of his career, he fell on hard times towards the end of his life and was buried at his daughter's expense.

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Symptoms: of Being Drawn, of a Fine Song, of Troting, of Being In, of Being Out, of a Recoil

Symptoms: of Being Drawn, of a Fine Song, of Troting, of Being In, of Being Out, of a Recoil (between 1822 and 1827)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Being Wanted, of Anxiety, of a Has Been, of Duck Catching

Symptoms: of Being Wanted, of Anxiety, of a Has Been, of Duck Catching (between 1822 and 1827)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Can’t Wait, of Come-to Ther Glass, of Blood & Bone-Going Against Time, of the Reduced List, of Out of Cash…1818-1822

Symptoms: of Can’t Wait, of Come-to Ther Glass, of Blood & Bone-Going Against Time, of the Reduced List, of Out of Cash…1818-1822

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
Drawings
Symptoms: of Doubtful Amusement – or Craneing, of Anxious Amusement – or Sure of a Bite, of Public Amusement – or No Taxes, Dangerous Amusement

Symptoms: of Doubtful Amusement – or Craneing, of Anxious Amusement – or Sure of a Bite, of Public Amusement – or No Taxes, Dangerous Amusement (between 1822 and 1827)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Entering Quod, of a Hunting Story, of a Gig and Pair, of Wont Go, of Been in Quod some Tome

Symptoms: of Entering Quod, of a Hunting Story, of a Gig and Pair, of Wont Go, of Been in Quod some Tome (between 1818 and 1822)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Full Pay, of Half pay, of a strong attachment in the Dog, of anything but go, of no strong attachment to the Horse

Symptoms: of Full Pay, of Half pay, of a strong attachment in the Dog, of anything but go, of no strong attachment to the Horse (between 1818 and 1822)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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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, of Tight in Hand

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, of Tight in Hand (between 1818 and 1822)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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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, of a Buck

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, of a Buck (between 1818 and 1822)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Promising a Vote, of Reminding an Elector, of a Bang up Drive in a Lunday, of Spoiling a Chicken, of Breaking a Hunter…1822-1827

Symptoms: of Promising a Vote, of Reminding an Elector, of a Bang up Drive in a Lunday, of Spoiling a Chicken, of Breaking a Hunter…1822-1827

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Sporting Friends Likely-to Go Together, of a Double Entendre, of Sporting Friends Likely-to Seperate, of Sure to HIt the Mark.

Symptoms: of Sporting Friends Likely-to Go Together, of a Double Entendre, of Sporting Friends Likely-to Seperate, of Sure to HIt the Mark. (between 1822 and 1827)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Taking Lessons, of Having Had Enough, of Earnest, of Fun.

Symptoms: of Taking Lessons, of Having Had Enough, of Earnest, of Fun. (between 1822 and 1827)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of The Manager’s Judgement, of Being on Board a Packet, of Having Enough to Live Upon, of the Laddle Mis-Placed.

Symptoms: of The Manager’s Judgement, of Being on Board a Packet, of Having Enough to Live Upon, of the Laddle Mis-Placed. (between 1822 and 1827)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of to be Sold, of Despair, of Who is There, of Sold and Had Him a Week

Symptoms: of to be Sold, of Despair, of Who is There, of Sold and Had Him a Week (between 1818 and 1822)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Tragedy, of Comedy, of What Do You Say, of Can’t You Hear, of the Ornamental, of the Old Story,

Symptoms: of Tragedy, of Comedy, of What Do You Say, of Can’t You Hear, of the Ornamental, of the Old Story, (between 1822 and 1827)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Unwelcome Guests, of Being Off the Curb, of Can’t Exactly Say: No Consulation of Physicians, of W’ont Exactly Say: No Consultations of Lawyers

Symptoms: of Unwelcome Guests, of Being Off the Curb, of Can’t Exactly Say: No Consulation of Physicians, of W’ont Exactly Say: No Consultations of Lawyers (between 1818 and 1822)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Symptoms: of Up With a Down Prospect, of Down with an Up Prospect, of Learning to Trot, of a Hard Mouth.

Symptoms: of Up With a Down Prospect, of Down with an Up Prospect, of Learning to Trot, of a Hard Mouth. (between 1822 and 1827)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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‘The National Sports of Great Britain’ 1821:Badger Catching

‘The National Sports of Great Britain’ 1821:Badger Catching (1821)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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‘The National Sports of Great Britain,’ 1821: Owling

‘The National Sports of Great Britain,’ 1821: Owling (1821)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Three Men in Seventeenth Century Dress, in a Street Sword Fight, Central Man Run Through

Three Men in Seventeenth Century Dress, in a Street Sword Fight, Central Man Run Through

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Turbaned Cavalryman on a Horse

Turbaned Cavalryman on a Horse

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Turbaned Cavalryman Standing Beside a Horse

Turbaned Cavalryman Standing Beside a Horse

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Turbaned Cavalryman, Right Arm with Curved Sword Upraised

Turbaned Cavalryman, Right Arm with Curved Sword Upraised (between 1827 and 1851)

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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‘Water, I do Declare with Worms in it’

‘Water, I do Declare with Worms in it’

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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Wounded Turkish Cavalryman in Danger of Failling From His Horse…

Wounded Turkish Cavalryman in Danger of Failling From His Horse…

Henry Thomas Alken (English, 1785 – 1851)
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