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| | NYPL Digital Gallery | Sporting Sketches by Henry Thomas Alken |
 | | The two holdings are a group of 11 original pencil drawings and watercolor paintings, and Alken's classic portfolio Sporting Sketches of hand-colored lithographs, issued in 6 parts dated Feb. 1, 1817-Feb. 2, 1818. |
 | | Noted for his graphic precision as a painter and printmaker, Alken was one member of an extended family of sporting artists; his father and his son, both named Samuel, also specialized in sporting subjects. |
 | | Alken worked for sporting periodicals as an illustrator and provided plates for the volume National Sports of Great Britain (London, 1821), where he pictured hunting, coaching, racing and other animal subjects. |
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