Period: 18th century / Genre: genre subject / Subject Terms: sporting art

1. 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

2. 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 x 49 inches (67.6 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. View of a Gloucestershire Country House: A Garden View, with Picnic Party in Center Foreground

Creator:: Thomas Robins the elder, 1715–1770
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 x 24 3/8in. (41.6 x 61.9cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Borlase Cokayne as a Boy riding Sultana

Creator:: Thomas Smith of Derby, ca. 1720–1767
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 25 3/8 inches (47 x 64.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Releasing the Hounds

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 40 inches (47 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1790 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (26 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Flying the Kite

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Battledore and Shuttlecock

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Jeytie Lifting Weights

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 7 1/4 inches (20.3 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Three Jeyties Exercising

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 inches (20 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Royal Sport, Pit Ticket

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 x 6 11/16 inches (13 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone

13. Morning

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.2 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Evening

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 5 13/16 inches (10.2 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Horse and Rider Walking to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 3/4 inches (15.2 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Mid-Day

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 5 7/8 inches (10.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Stable Boy Leading a Trotting Horse in a Landscape with a Castle Tower

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen, in black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 4 13/16 inches (7.9 × 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Stable Boy Holding a Horse in a Landscape

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 4 1/16 × 5 7/8 inches (10.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Kindly, with Jockey Up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 1/16 inches (16 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. "The Passage to the Right Aided by the Rider's Rod & the Master Holding the Alonge: Engraved as plate 10 in Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse...

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/16 inches (21 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. "The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

"The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 inches (15.6 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Sportsman

Creator:: Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 19 3/8 inches (40.4 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Opening of the Carnival at Rome

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches (38.4 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Prize Fight

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 27 3/8 inches (46 x 69.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

Creator:: Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 13/16 inches (26.7 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Preparing for the Hunt

2. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

3. The Death of the Hare

4. View of a Gloucestershire Country House: A Garden View, with Picnic Party in Center Foreground

5. Borlase Cokayne as a Boy riding Sultana

6. Releasing the Hounds

7. A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)

8. Flying the Kite

9. Battledore and Shuttlecock

10. Jeytie Lifting Weights

11. Three Jeyties Exercising

12. The Royal Sport, Pit Ticket

13. Morning

14. Evening

15. Horse and Rider Walking to Right

16. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

17. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

18. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

19. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

20. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

21. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

22. Mid-Day

23. Stable Boy Leading a Trotting Horse in a Landscape with a Castle Tower

24. Stable Boy Holding a Horse in a Landscape

25. Kindly, with Jockey Up

26. "The Passage to the Right Aided by the Rider's Rod & the Master Holding the Alonge: Engraved as plate 10 in Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse...

27. "The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

28. The Sportsman

29. The Opening of the Carnival at Rome

30. The Prize Fight

31. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket