• Title
  [Analysis of the Hunting Field by Henry Alken and other sketches by various artists, ca. 1845-1889] / album owned by David Scott Mitchell
• Call number
  PXC 286 (v.1)
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1845-1889
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours, Drawings, Paintings
• Reference code
  442492
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 album (30 watercolour & pencil drawings and 1 oil painting) - 31.5 x 26.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  1. [page, printed both sides, from auction catalogue of Henry Southeran & Co., Strand W.C. London, including entry No.525 for works by Henry Alken]
  2-11. [Fox hunters meeting, riding, and pursuing targets]. Drawings for the publication, "The analysis of the hunting field : being a series of sketches of the principal characters that compose one : the whole forming a slight souvenir of the season, 1845-6
  12. Shooting the Dingo / S.T.G.
  13. Jorrocks [horse] / Edwd. Winstanley del.
  14. [Two riders approaching gate] / S.T.G.
  15. [Mouse eating cheese] Painted by S. Taylor
  16. [Bird guarding nest on cliff face] "The Sto..." at lower left
  17. [Two horseman appraoching bush hut] / S.T.G.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright
• Finding Aids
  Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
• General note
  
  None of the works are dated.
  The drawings have been numbered according to their corresponding page number. Many album pages have more than one drawing and have been assigned an part number (a & b &/or c).
  Nos. 2-11. Some have notations providing titles and references in pencil in a later hand. The drawings relate to the publication, ""The analysis of the hunting field : being a series of sketches of the principal characters that compose one : the whole forming a slight souvenir of the season, 1845-6"". For titled engravings of this work see Mitchell Library, 799/A
  Nos. 15 and 17 appear to be companion pieces.
  David Scott Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823775
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Embossed on front of album, ""Scrap Album""
  Three drawings are initialled, ""S.T.G""
  One is signed, ""Edwd. Winstanley del.""
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
  Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1818-1880
  Winstanley, Edward, 1820-1849
  
• Subject
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  
• Topic
  birds
  dingoes
  foxes
  horses
  hunting
  leisure
  mice
  sports & recreations
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Equinity

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