Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Genre: sporting art / Subject Terms: horses (animals)

1. Mares and Foals

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1978
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (31.8 x 62.2 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Racing Group

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 11 7/8 x 33 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (30.2 x 85.1 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Racing - Hanging to the Left

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1975
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 1/4 x 27 x 11 inches (31.1 x 68.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Hare Hunting

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 56 x 48 inches (142.2 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. 'Crucifix' with John Day Up

Creator:: Harry Hall, 1838–1886
Date:: 1840 to 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 x 44 inches (86.4 x 111.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Foxhunting Scene

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Design for Deer Hunting Mural in the Cabaret Theatre Club

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and chalk on paper
Dimensions:: 11 x 24 inches (27.9 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. Full Cry: The Quorn

Creator:: Neil Cawthorne, 1936–1978
Date:: ca. 1975
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. High Leicestershire

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Bachelor's Hall: Full Cry

Creator:: Francis Calcraft Turner, active 1782–1846
Date:: 1835 to 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 19 inches (35.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Silks and Satins of the Turf

Creator:: Benjamin Herring, 1830–1871
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 × 43 1/2 inches (50.8 × 110.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Steeplechase cracks: Allen McDonough on Brunette, Tom Oliver on Discount, and Jem Mason on Lottery

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: before 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. A Groom Mounted on a Chestnut Hunter, He Holds a Bay Hunter by the Reins

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 x 29 3/4 inches (60.3 x 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Scenes From a Steeplechase: Another Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Hunting Scene: The Meet

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/8 inches (45.7 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses

Creator:: John Dalby, active 1826–1853
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 20 inches (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Foxhunting: Road Riders or Funkers

Creator:: Richard Barrett Davis, 1782–1854
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 30 inches (27.9 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. John Sidey and his Hounds at a Farmhouse near Hadleigh, Suffolk

Creator:: James Dunthorne, 1730–1815
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 × 54 inches (90.2 × 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/2 x 99 inches (118.1 x 251.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. The Quorn Hunt: a Sketch of the Artist and his Friends Moving Off

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches (27.3 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. The Caledonian Coursing Meeting

Creator:: Richard Ansdell, 1815–1885
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 61 1/8 × 119 15/16 inches (155.3 × 304.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. The Shooting Party

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 6 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (15.9 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 113 1/4 x 127 1/8 inches (287.7 x 322.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Major John Dade of Tannington, Suffolk

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 × 25 1/2 inches (76.2 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Hound Exercise

Creator:: Peter Biegel, 1913–1988
Date:: ca. 1950
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Over the Sawdust! South & West, Wilts. Point-to-Point

Creator:: Peter Biegel, 1913–1988
Date:: 1953
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/8 × 24 1/8 inches (51.1 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Lough Erne from Knock Ninney, with Bellisle in the distance, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Creator:: Thomas Roberts, 1748–1778
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 36 inches (57.2 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. Dieppe Races

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: 1885
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 6 x 9 1/2 inches (15.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. An Extensive View of the Oxford Races

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (63.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Houghton Meeting, Newmarket, 1913

Creator:: Sir John Lavery, 1856–1941
Date:: 1913
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. String Out Exercising at Newmarket, 1913

Creator:: Sir John Lavery, 1856–1941
Date:: 1913
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. Newmarket Start

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 1/8 x 24 inches (51.1 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. Start at Newmarket: Study No. 4

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 36 x 72 1/4 inches (91.4 x 183.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. Portrait of a Sporting Lady

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/4 x 50 1/2 inches (103.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift
On View:: Not on view

39. Preparing for the Hunt

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 x 49 inches (119.4 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

40. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 × 49 inches (67.6 × 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. The Death of the Hare

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 1/4 inches (102.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. Heron Hawking below Stirling Castle

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 × 24 1/8 inches (62.2 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. Euxton, with John White Up, at Heaton Park

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. Memnon, with William Scott Up

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 9/16 x 33 1/4 inches (67.5 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester

Creator:: William Tasker, 1808–1852
Date:: ca. 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 29 5/8 inches (49.5 x 75.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. Leading Ponies

Creator:: Raoul Millais, 1901–1999
Date:: ca. 1935
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches (54.6 x 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. The Saddling Paddock, Cheltenham March Meeting (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on heavy card
Dimensions:: 14 x 28 inches (35.6 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

48. Newmarket Again

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1952
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 24 inches (45.1 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

49. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches (54.6 x 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

50. The Derby Pets: The Arrival

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: between 1840 and 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches (32.1 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

51. Bifrons Park, Kent

Creator:: Perhaps Jan van der Vaart, 1647–1721
Date:: between 1695 and 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 61 1/2 x 91 1/2 inches (156.2 x 232.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

52. Foxhunting: Breaking Cover

Creator:: William J. Shayer, 1811–c.1885
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches (8.6 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

53. Foxhunting: Clearing a Brook

Creator:: William J. Shayer, 1811–c.1885
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches (8.6 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

54. Foxhunting: Coming to a Fence (Full Cry)

Creator:: William J. Shayer, 1811–c.1885
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches (8.6 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

55. Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche

Creator:: Thomas Spencer, 1700–1753
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 52 3/4 inches (99.1 x 134 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

56. Bachelor's Hall: Breaking Cover

Creator:: Francis Calcraft Turner, active 1782–1846
Date:: 1835 to 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 19 inches (35.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

57. Bachelor's Hall: The Meet

Creator:: Francis Calcraft Turner, active 1782–1846
Date:: 1835 to 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 19 inches (35.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

58. Bachelor's Hall: The Death

Creator:: Francis Calcraft Turner, active 1782–1846
Date:: 1835 to 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 19 inches (35.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

59. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/4 × 51 1/4 inches (99.7 × 130.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

60. Lord and Lady Twemlow

Creator:: William Barraud, 1810–1850
Date:: late 1840s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 x 35 1/2 inches (70.5 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
On View:: Not on view