Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

James Seymour, 1702–1752, British

Title:

The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

Date:

1742

Materials & Techniques:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Signed and dated, lower right: "[monogram] | 1742"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B2001.2.164

Classification:

Paintings

Collection:

Paintings and Sculpture

Subject Terms:

Associated Places:

Devonshire | United Kingdom | England | Europe

Currently On View:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23)

The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)

Publications:

Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., An exhibition of XVIIIth and XIXth century oil paintings of celebrated racehorses : 9th May to 1st June, 1962, presented by the British Racehorse at the galleries of Arthur Ackermann & Son, Ltd. , London, 1962, p. 8, no. 2, pl. 2, DealerCat Arthur Ackermann (YCBA)

Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., Annual Exhibition of Sporting Paintings : 20th October - 20th November 1965, Illustrated catalogues price five shillings in aid of the horses and ponies protection association , 1965, lot 1, DealerCat Arthur Ackermann

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, pp. 45-46, no. 49, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Kentucky Horse Park, All the queen's horses, the role of the horse in British history , Lexington, KY, 2003, p. 155, no. 37.5, SF284 G7A55 2003 + (YCBA)

J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 62, 128, no. 146, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, At home to sporting art : the Brick House, Essays of Friends of British Sporting Art, no. 33, The British Sporting Art Trust, Summer 1997, p. 4, N8250 .B751 (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 77, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)

Richard Wills, James Seymour, 1701-1752, London, 2023, p.126, NJ18 .Se95 W55 2023 (YCBA) Oversize

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42478