Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837, British

after Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Title:
The Amorous Sportsman
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in color and hand-colored
Dimensions:
Plate: 17 5/8 x 21 1/2in. (44.8 x 54.6cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14506
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
donkey | rabbit | dogs (animals) | courtship | genre subject | hunter | children
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)

Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
Publications:
Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, pp. 19-20, 46, no. 66, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40221