Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: John Boultbee, 1753–1812, British
Title:: A Bay Horse in a Field
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 × 41 inches (66.7 × 104.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed and dated, lower right: "JB [in monogram] 1778"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B2001.2.6
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: animal art | horse (animal) | field | country (rural landscape) | animal | landscape | fence | barn
Currently On View:: On view
Exhibition History:: In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
Publications:: Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 150, no. 144, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41265