Period: 18th century / Associated Places: United Kingdom / Subject Terms: sporting art

1. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (118.1 × 143.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 29 1/4 inches (63.5 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. A Repose after Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 50 1/2 inches (102.2 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

4. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 15/16 x 50 1/16 inches (101.4 x 127.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

5. Two Gentlemen Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 49 inches (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

6. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1767
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, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

7. Studies for or after "The third Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt"

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: late 1750s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on four pieces of paper conjoined on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 × 11 7/8 inches (26 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. 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

9. Lamprey, with His Owner Sir William Morgan, at Newmarket

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 49 1/2 inches (104.1 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. 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

11. 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

12. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1742
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

13. The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

Creator:: William Shaw, active 1758–1772
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches (101.9 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. An Unknown Man, perhaps Charles Goring of Wiston (1744-1829), out Shooting with his Servant

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 45 3/4 x 54 inches (116.2 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. 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

16. 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 x 54 inches (90.2 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/16 inches (10.6 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: Taking the Gate at the Hinge Post While Snob Walks Thro'

Creator:: Edward Hull, 1810–1877
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gum arabic, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Skating in Hyde Park

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.2 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 9/16 inches (32.7 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. Preparing for a Hunt at Selhurst Park, Nov. 14, 1796

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 13/16 inches (19.8 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. To His Grace The Duke Of Newcastle, This Print Of The Return From Shooting

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed stipple engraving with aquatint and drypoint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 26 1/4in. (53.3 x 66.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. 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. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

2. The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

3. A Repose after Shooting

4. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting

5. Two Gentlemen Shooting

6. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

7. Studies for or after "The third Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt"

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

9. Lamprey, with His Owner Sir William Morgan, at Newmarket

10. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

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

12. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

13. The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

14. An Unknown Man, perhaps Charles Goring of Wiston (1744-1829), out Shooting with his Servant

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

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

17. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

18. Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: Taking the Gate at the Hinge Post While Snob Walks Thro'

19. Skating in Hyde Park

20. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

21. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

22. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

23. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

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

25. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

26. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

27. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

28. Preparing for a Hunt at Selhurst Park, Nov. 14, 1796

29. To His Grace The Duke Of Newcastle, This Print Of The Return From Shooting

30. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket