Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Herbert Haseltine, 1877–1962, American
Title:
The Chaser: Sergeant Murphy
Date:
cast 1963 (original model 1926)
Materials & Techniques:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (29.2 x 34.9 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B2001.2.308
Classification:
Sculptures
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
horse racing | horse (animal) | animal art | sporting art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
A Great Old 'Chaser in Statuette : Sergeant Murphy Modelled in Bronze, Illustrated Review, 130, George S. Maddick, London, March 21, 1931, no pg., British Periodicals

Malcolm Cormack, Champion Animals : Sculptures by Herbert Haseltine, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1996, p. 30, NJ18 H255 A12 1996 (YCBA)

Exhibition of Sculpture of British Champion Animals by Herbert Haseltine held under the auspices of the Field, Knoedle's Gallery, London, 1925, p. 20, cat. 9, NJ18 H255 K56 (LSF)

Herbert Haseltine's Animal Portraiture, Creative Art, 7, New York, October 1930, p. 265, Za +Zc95 (Beinecke)

Sculptures by Herbert Haseltine of Champion Domestic Animals of Great Britain, The Field Museum, Chicago, p. 5, 22-23, cat. 8, QL1 C42 A3 13

Sergeant Murphy, ARTnews, 32, New York, January 13, 1934, 6, N1 A6+ (LSF)

Suffolk Punch Stallion ; Sergeant Murphy, Apollo, 13, London, June 1931, p. 379, J10 +Ap43 (SML)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39172