Period: 19th century / Genre: sporting art / Subject Terms: birds

1. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: Samuel John Egbert Jones, active 1820–1845
Date:: mid-19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 12 1/8 inches (25.4 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Day's Sport

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 51 1/4 inches (100.3 x 130.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

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

4. Favourites, the Property of H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 49 1/2 inches (101.6 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Snipe Shooting

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 14 5/16 inches (15.2 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. "The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers Before the Magistrates

Creator:: C. Blake, active 1825–1826
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and varnish on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 17 5/8 inches (32.4 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 7/8 inches (37.2 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 20 7/8 inches (37.4 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 20 13/16 inches (38.5 x 52.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Sporting Parson: "Next a Little Low Church"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 7/8 inches (27 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Foxhunting: The Toast

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 12 3/8 inches (23.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. "The National Sports of Great Britain," 1821: Owling

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 × 18 3/4 inches (34.6 × 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Trying the Mare

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 10 15/16 inches (22.1 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Sporting Parson: "He Joins to Cheer Them on Hallelujah!!!!"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 13/16 inches (27.3 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Death: Huntsman Holding Fox Aloft

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 5/16 inches (26 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. On the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/16 inches (30.7 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

19. Thames Fishermen, no. 2

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1878
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 inches (18.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

20. On the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (28.6 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

21. Pheasant defying Hunters

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 4 3/16 inches (7.6 × 10.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

22. Glenfinlas

Creator:: Print made by Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 x 11 5/8 inches (24.3 x 29.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Mail Coach Behind Time

Creator:: Engraved by Henry Pyall, 1795–1833
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 x 20 3/16 inches (40.2 x 51.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Pheasant Shooting

2. The Day's Sport

3. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

4. Favourites, the Property of H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge

5. Grouse Shooting

6. Partridge Shooting

7. Snipe Shooting

8. "The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers Before the Magistrates

9. Grouse Shooting

10. Partridge Shooting

11. Pheasant Shooting

12. The Sporting Parson: "Next a Little Low Church"

13. Foxhunting: The Toast

14. "The National Sports of Great Britain," 1821: Owling

15. Trying the Mare

16. The Sporting Parson: "He Joins to Cheer Them on Hallelujah!!!!"

17. The Death: Huntsman Holding Fox Aloft

18. On the Thames

19. Thames Fishermen, no. 2

20. On the Thames

21. Pheasant defying Hunters

22. Glenfinlas

23. Mail Coach Behind Time