The Last of the Mail Coaches at Newcastle upon Tyne
Date:
1848
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 x 27 inches (45.7 x 68.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown paint, lower left: "J. Pollard | 1848"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.281
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
coach | industry | reins | smoke | flag | reins | carriage | transport | Victorian | bridle | quirt | historical subject | harness | street lights | costume | horses (animals)
Associated Places:
England | Newcastle upon Tyne | Europe | United Kingdom | Newcastle
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
Publications:
Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 280, no. 306, pl. 100, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Elisabeth Fairman, Roads to rails : revolution in British transport, , New Haven, CT, 1992, p. 13, no. 110, HE243 .F25 1992 (YCBA)General Post Office (Great Britain), Account of the celebration of the jubilee of uniform inland penny postage at the Venetian Chamber, Holborn Restaurant; at the Guildhall; at the Museum of Science and Art, South Kensington; and at various towns and villages throughout the United Kingdom 1840-1890, illustrated with portraits and sketches, London, 1891, pp. 106, 175, Yale online bookJeremy Maas, Victorian painters., Barrie & Rockliff, The Cresset P., London, 1969, p. 74, ND467 M26+ (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 191 (v.1), no. 365, pl. 152, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)N. C. Selway, Golden age of coaching and sport, as depicted by James Pollard , F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-sea, 1972, no. 139, NJ18 P7425 +S45 (YCBA)N. C. Selway, James Pollard 1792-1867, painter of the age of coaching , F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-sea, 1965, no.121, NJ18 P7425 +S452 1965 (YCBA)Sotheby's sale catalogue : Fine paintings and drawings of the English school :19 April 1961, Sotheby's, London, April 19, 1961, p. 43, lot 172, Auction Catalogue (YCBA)Stella A. Walker, Sporting art : England 1700-1900, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, 1972, no. 83, N8250 W35 (YCBA) +Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 113, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)