Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Associated Places: Europe / Subject Terms: sporting art

1. Studies for or after "The third Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt"

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: late 1750s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on four pieces of paper conjoined on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 × 11 7/8 inches (26 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 29 1/4 inches (63.5 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (118.1 × 143.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Lamprey at Newmarket, with a Group of Figures Including Sir William Morgan and Girolamo Bardoletti

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 49 1/2 inches (104.1 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 49 inches (67.6 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. 'Elis' at Doncaster, Ridden by John Day, with his Van in the Background

Creator:: Abraham Cooper, 1787–1868
Date:: between 1836 and 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 43 inches (88.9 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Hunting Party in the Grounds of a Country House

Creator:: John R. Wildman, active 1823–1839
Date:: 1820s-1830s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 35 inches (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

Creator:: William Shaw, active 1758–1772
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches (101.9 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches (99.7 x 130.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Charles Goring of Wiston and an Unknown Attendant

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 45 3/4 x 54 inches (116.2 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. On the Downs

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1933
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 36 1/4 inches (76.2 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches (54.6 x 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Epsom Races: Preparing to Start

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. The Saddling Paddock, Cheltenham March Meeting (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on heavy card
Dimensions:: 14 x 28 inches (35.6 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Newmarket Again

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1952
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 24 inches (45.1 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Black Speck at Druid's Lodge

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1941
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (36.2 x 59.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Epsom Races: The Race Over

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. High Leicestershire

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. A Review of the London Volunteer Cavalry and Flying Artillery in Hyde Park in 1804

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board laid down on panel
Dimensions:: 15 7/8 x 20 1/16 inches (40.3 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. John Sidey and his Hounds at a Farmhouse near Hadleigh, Suffolk

Creator:: James Dunthorne, 1730–1815
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 54 inches (90.2 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/2 x 99 inches (118.1 x 251.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1790 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (26 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. The Suffolk Hunt : The Death

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 15 inches (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. James Taylor Wray of the Bedale Hunt with his Dun Hunter

Creator:: Anson Ambrose Martin, active 1830–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 5/8 x 25 inches (52.4 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Sketches of Eleven Hounds of the Tedworth Park Hunt

Creator:: Edward Brian Seago, 1910–1974
Date:: 1935
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 x 29 1/4 inches (50.8 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

Creator:: John Cordrey, active 1765–1825
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/8 inches (51.8 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Edward Horner Reynard and his Brother George Grouse-Shooting At Middlesmoor, Yorkshire, with Their Gamekeeper Tully Lamb

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 x 42 1/8 inches (87 x 107 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Cricket on the Green, Southwick

Creator:: Douglas Stannus Gray, 1890–1959
Date:: 1953
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Grey carriage horses in the coachyard at Putteridge Bury, Hertfordshire

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches (101.9 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. The Suffolk Hunt: Full Cry

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches (27.6 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. The Suffolk Hunt: Going to Cover near Herringswell

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches (27.6 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. The Suffolk Hunt: Gone Away

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 15 inches (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. Favourites, the Property of H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 49 1/2 inches (101.6 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. The Clarence Gold Cup at Hampton

Creator:: Henry Bernard Chalon, 1771–1849
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on four-fold mahogany screen
Dimensions:: Overall: 70 × 94 inches (177.8 × 238.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded over)

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and colored washes on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 17 inches (34 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Over the Bank, Exmoor

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1895
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 7/16 inches (25.1 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Epsom

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (8.9 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Stands at Epsom (drawn on an Australia Club invitation)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 15/16 inches (17.5 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. The Night Riders of Nacton: Whoop! and Away! The large field near Biles Corner

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper mounted to thick card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Last Field near Nacton Heath

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper, mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Finish. Nacton Church and Village

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. "The National Sports of Great Britain," 1821: Owling

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 × 18 3/4 inches (34.6 × 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Meet of the Quorn at Garrendon Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper mounted on wood
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (27.3 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Netting Deer in Richmond Park

Creator:: Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, with white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, green-gray, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (25.1 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Skating in Hyde Park

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.2 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Racehorses at Exercise, Possibly at Newmarket

Creator:: Gilbert Joseph Holiday, 1879 –1937
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/4 × 5 13/16 inches (8.3 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Match at Newmarket

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 7 3/8 inches (9 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: Taking the Gate at the Hinge Post While Snob Walks Thro'

Creator:: Edward Hull, 1810–1877
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gum arabic, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: The Cream of the Thing

Creator:: Edward Hull, 1810–1877
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gum arabic, and gouache on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. View at Chelsea of the Annual Sculling Race for Doggett's Coat and Badge

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 16 5/8 inches (27.8 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 9/16 inches (32.7 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Drawing for "Specimens of Riding near London:" The Pleasure of Riding in Company. One Would Stop if the Other Could

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1809 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 1/8 inches (17.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. A Race on the Knavesmire at York

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and gray ink on thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 14 inches (21.6 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Stag at Bay - Scene near Taplow, Berks.

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1795 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red, black, gray and brown ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 20 5/8 inches (41.4 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Drawing for "Specimens of Riding Near London:" Fancy - View Near Gray's Inn Road

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1809 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 7/8 inches (16 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. The Saddling Enclosure, Epsom

Creator:: James Barenger, 1780–after 1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 12 11/16 inches (25.7 × 32.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Preparing for a Hunt at Selhurst Park, Nov. 14, 1796

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 13/16 inches (19.8 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Night Riders of Nacton: Preparing to Start. Ipswich, the Watering Place behind the Barracks

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, moderately textured brown laid paper mounted to thick, card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 1/2 inches (23.5 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. The Exeter College Eight on the Isis, Oxford

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 21 7/16 inches (28.6 × 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. The St. Leger, Doncaster: Preparing to Start

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 5/16 inches (27.3 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. The St. Leger, Doncaster: The Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (31.1 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Newmarket - Pulling Up

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: 1933
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.6 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. The Leicestershire Hunt - The First Ten Minutes - Shaking off the Cocktails

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and gray ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 22 1/8 inches (22.9 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. The Leicestershire Hunt - The Death

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and gray ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 22 1/2 inches (23.5 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and gray ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 22 7/16 inches (23.5 × 57 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. The Quorn towards Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, gouache and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 19 7/8 × 25 7/16 inches (50.5 × 64.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Leicestershire Hunt - Symptoms of a Skurry in a Pewy Country

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 22 11/16 inches (23.3 × 57.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. The Earl of Lonsdale's Hound Van arriving at a Meet of the Cottesmore Hunt, March 22, 1809

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 12 5/8in. (18.1 x 32.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/16 inches (10.6 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Doctor Syntax loses his Money on the Race Ground at York

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and pen and red-brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 6 13/16 inches (11 x 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. A Shooting Party: Mr. C. Leslie and Mr. John Leslie

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and gray wash on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (24.4 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. The Horse Race at Rome During the Carnival

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. The Opening of the Carnival at Rome

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches (38.4 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Victor Conducted in Triumph

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 22 3/8 inches (39.6 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Foxhunting in England

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and gum arabic on very thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 10 inches (12.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. The Horse Race at Rome During the Carnival

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 3/8 x 22 5/16 inches (39.1 x 56.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Studies for or after "The third Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt"

2. Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

3. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

4. Lamprey at Newmarket, with a Group of Figures Including Sir William Morgan and Girolamo Bardoletti

5. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

6. 'Elis' at Doncaster, Ridden by John Day, with his Van in the Background

7. A Hunting Party in the Grounds of a Country House

8. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

9. The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

10. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

11. Charles Goring of Wiston and an Unknown Attendant

12. On the Downs

13. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

14. Epsom Races: Preparing to Start

15. The Saddling Paddock, Cheltenham March Meeting (sketch)

16. Newmarket Again

17. Black Speck at Druid's Lodge

18. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

19. Epsom Races: The Race Over

20. High Leicestershire

21. A Review of the London Volunteer Cavalry and Flying Artillery in Hyde Park in 1804

22. John Sidey and his Hounds at a Farmhouse near Hadleigh, Suffolk

23. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

24. A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)

25. The Suffolk Hunt : The Death

26. James Taylor Wray of the Bedale Hunt with his Dun Hunter

27. Sketches of Eleven Hounds of the Tedworth Park Hunt

28. J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

29. Edward Horner Reynard and his Brother George Grouse-Shooting At Middlesmoor, Yorkshire, with Their Gamekeeper Tully Lamb

30. Cricket on the Green, Southwick

31. Grey carriage horses in the coachyard at Putteridge Bury, Hertfordshire

32. The Suffolk Hunt: Full Cry

33. The Suffolk Hunt: Going to Cover near Herringswell

34. The Suffolk Hunt: Gone Away

35. Favourites, the Property of H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge

36. The Clarence Gold Cup at Hampton

37. A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded over)

38. Over the Bank, Exmoor

39. Epsom

40. The Stands at Epsom (drawn on an Australia Club invitation)

41. The Night Riders of Nacton: Whoop! and Away! The large field near Biles Corner

42. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Last Field near Nacton Heath

43. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Finish. Nacton Church and Village

44. "The National Sports of Great Britain," 1821: Owling

45. A Meet of the Quorn at Garrendon Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire

46. Netting Deer in Richmond Park

47. Skating in Hyde Park

48. Racehorses at Exercise, Possibly at Newmarket

49. A Match at Newmarket

50. Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: Taking the Gate at the Hinge Post While Snob Walks Thro'

51. Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: The Cream of the Thing

52. View at Chelsea of the Annual Sculling Race for Doggett's Coat and Badge

53. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

54. Drawing for "Specimens of Riding near London:" The Pleasure of Riding in Company. One Would Stop if the Other Could

55. A Race on the Knavesmire at York

56. Stag at Bay - Scene near Taplow, Berks.

57. Drawing for "Specimens of Riding Near London:" Fancy - View Near Gray's Inn Road

58. The Saddling Enclosure, Epsom

59. Preparing for a Hunt at Selhurst Park, Nov. 14, 1796

60. The Night Riders of Nacton: Preparing to Start. Ipswich, the Watering Place behind the Barracks

61. The Exeter College Eight on the Isis, Oxford

62. The St. Leger, Doncaster: Preparing to Start

63. The St. Leger, Doncaster: The Finish

64. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

65. Newmarket - Pulling Up

66. The Leicestershire Hunt - The First Ten Minutes - Shaking off the Cocktails

67. The Leicestershire Hunt - The Death

68. The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start

69. The Quorn towards Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire

70. The Leicestershire Hunt - Symptoms of a Skurry in a Pewy Country

71. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

72. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

73. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House