The Collection  

Samuel Alken (Junior)

The Marquis of Waterford

Biography

Eldest son of Henry Alken, he continued in his father’s footsteps as a sporting artist, although working only as a painter rather than printmaker. The quality of his work was inferior to that of his father, though he somewhat shamelessly exploited the father’s fame, occasionally copying his signature. His work, however, provides interesting documentation of the sporting world in the late 19th century, when the genre was generally in its decline.