Henry Thomas Allen (1785-1851) AT THE START; JUMPING THE BROOK; CROSSING THE DITCH; THE FINISH a set of four, watercolour over pencil heightened with

Henry Thomas Allen (1785-1851) AT THE START; JUMPING THE BROOK; CROSSING THE DITCH; THE FINISH a set of four, watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour, one watermarked: J WHATMAN/1843, each 27 by 38cm., 10 1/2 by 15in. Henry Thomas Alken was the best known from a family of artists, most of whom specialised in hunting or racing subjects. Mallalieu describes how one of his trademarks was `to show his characters taking their fences with the right arm raised above the head, flourishing the whip' (see Huon Mallalieu, Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, 2002, vol. I, p.56)