Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Stringer, 1722–1790, British

Formerly attributed to Francis Sartorius, 1734–1804, British
Title:
John Corbet, Sir Robert Leighton and John Kynaston with their Horses and Hounds
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
37 3/4 x 57 1/2 inches (95.9 x 146.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "TS | 1779"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.552
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
hunters | men | animals | hounds (dogs) | portrait | riding (horseback riding) | sporting art | group portrait | huntsmen | harnesses | horses (animals) | hills | saddles | greyhounds (breed) | buttons (fasteners) | hats | trees | dogs (animals) | riding breeches | riding boots | tailcoats | reins | grass | landscape | conversation piece | sky
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Noble Horse (Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, 1998-04-04 - 1998-05-28)

Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 196-197, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, p. 40, no. 9, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 121, no. 121, pl. 46, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Lionel Lambourne, The noble horse, man and horse in Western art history 4 April-26 May, 1998, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum , Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., Tokyo, 1998, pp. 58, 146, no. 20, pl. 20, N7668 H6 N6213 1998 (YCBA)

Roger Longrigg, The history of foxhunting, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, 1975, p. 75, SK285 L6 1975 + Oversize (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. 117, no. 339, pl. 161, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 79, no. 279, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 43, no. 158, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:64