Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Tasker, 1808–1852, British
Title:
The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843
Date:
ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 3/8 x 71 1/2 inches (87.3 x 181.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.764
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
men | women | flags | track | racing | cityscape | riding boots | saddles | racecourse | horses (animals) | grandstand | bridles | Victorian | riding coats | breeches (trousers) | spectators | sky | gate | top hats | clouds | riders, horseback | jockeys | equestrians | wall | race (event) | accident
Associated Places:
Sefton | United Kingdom | England | Aintree | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Grand National 1839 - 1989 (Liverpool Museum, 1989-03-20 - 1989-06-04)

Summer Exhibition (National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, 1988-07-14 - 1988-10-15)

Paintings on Loan to The Trustees' Room Belmont Park from the English Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Belmont Park, 1968 - 1968)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 220-221, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 333, no. 367, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Thrill of the 'chace : steeplechase in art, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg : VA, p. 11, fig. 2, SF359 .P44 2020 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1213