The High Mettled Racer - The Foal (after Henry Thomas Alken)
Henry Thomas Alken (London 1785 - London 1851)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1 Mar 1821
Materials
paper
Measurements
510 x 685 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286163.1
Summary
Print, coloured aquatiny, The High Mettled Racer - The Foal (after Henry Thomas Alken) by Henry Thomas Alken (London 1785 – London 1851) and Thomas Sutherland (1785-1838). One of a set of six coloured aquatints called 'The High Mettled Racer' by H. Alken and T. Sutherland after H. Alken. They are a series of plates describing the life and fortunes of a race horse from birth to death. Published by S. [and] J. Fuller. London, March 1st 1821. (a) 'The Foal'. On the right of the plate are three men, two of which are standing and one mounted on horseback. The foal stands in front of them and they appear to be discussing it. To the left of the plate is another man in a grey coat, holding a white horse. Trees and landscape behind with a large white house on a hillside to the left-hand side of the picture. Plate I. Wide margin.
Marks and inscriptions
THE HIGH METTLED RACER/THE FOAL (printed under iamge with publishing inforamtion)
Makers and roles
Henry Thomas Alken (London 1785 - London 1851), artist Thomas Sutherland (1785-1838), engraver (printmaker) S.and J.Fuller, engraver and publisher