Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.51
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
horse racing | crowd | landscape | horses (animals) | horse racing | jockeys | horse riding | hurdle | people | equestrians | men | horses (animals) | top hats | hedge | racetrack | spectators | animals | sporting art | race (event)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Thrill of the 'Chace: Steeplechasing in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2020-09-09 - 2021-03-22)The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, pp. 254-55, no. 278, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)English sporting paintings, Autumn exhibition 1960 ... Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd. ... November 1st-December 3rd. , Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd., London, 1960, p. 4, no. 7-10, DealerCat Partridge Fine Arts, Ltd. (YCBA)Thrill of the 'chace : steeplechase in art, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg : VA, p. 23-24, SF359 .P44 2020 (YCBA)Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 93, fig. c, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
Henry Thomas Alken came from a family of artists and made his name as a sporting art specialist, calling himself “Ben Tally-Ho.” His work was reproduced in prints and circulated widely, establishing a distinctive style that was popular across Europe and existed independently of the aesthetic canons of the Royal Academy. This is one of a set of four paintings showing different moments within a steeplechase. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016