HENRY ALKEN IQ 



These plates were engraved by J. H. Engle- 

 heart. The remaining three pictures : — The Fox 

 He breaks away : Greyhounds, The Last Act : 

 Foxhounds in Full Cry ; were engraved by 

 W. T. Davey. 



In 1847 Henry Aiken began to contribute again 

 to the Sporting Magazine. Volumes ex. and cxi. 

 for that year contain two plates engraved by John 

 Scott from his pictures, and " A Sure Find " (uncart- 

 ing a stag), engraved by E. Hacker. Volumes cxix. 

 and cxx. for the year 1852, contain plates en- 

 graved by J. H. Engleheart from his paintings 

 " The Start for the St. Leger in 185 1," and " The 

 Race for the St. Leger in 1851 " — Newminster's 

 year. 



The style of this artist was at once elegant and 

 refined ; the delicacy of his work is displayed in 

 his small pencil drawings, which are done with a 

 minuteness and lightness of touch which has rarely 

 been equalled, and certainly never excelled by any 

 animal painter. The anatomical studies, whose 

 direct fruit was The Beauties and Defects of the 

 Figure of the Horse, stood him in excellent stead 

 in painting the hunting and coaching scenes by 

 which he is so widely known. Proof of his genius 

 is found in the lasting popularity of engravings from 

 his works, which are probably more generally 

 distributed than those of any other sporting artist 



