Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Title:: The Death of the Hare
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 1/4 inches (102.9 x 127.6 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.708
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: reins | horses (animals) | hounds (dogs) | hare | rabbit | sky | dogs (animals) | clouds | trees | lake | steeple | water | hunting | walking | men | sportsmen | hunters | gesture | waistcoats | saddles | riding boots | tricornes | breeches (trousers) | tailcoats | whips (animal equipment) | sporting art | genre subject | landscape | death | party
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 258-259, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, pp. 22-23, no. 23, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1166