Caption:
'The National Sports of Great Britain' 1821: Badger Catching, Henry Thomas Alken, 17851851, British, 1821, Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, mounted on, moderately thick, smooth, beige, wove paper, Mount: 14 1/2 × 19 5/16 inches (36.8 × 49.1 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/16 × 15 1/4 inches (28.1 × 38.7 cm), and Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 7/16 inches (23.5 × 34.1 cm), badger (animal), bushes, catching, dog (animal), hill, hunters, hunting, landscape, men, sporting art, trees