Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Benjamin Herring, 1830–1871, British
Title:
Silks and Satins of the Turf
Date:
1865
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
20 x 43 1/2 inches (50.8 x 110.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "Ben Herring | 1865"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.7
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
horses (animals) | equestrians | sportsmen | jockeys | jockey caps | riding boots | course | shirt | saddle | bridle | racecourse | breeches | sporting art | race (event)
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)
Publications:
Mary Dougal, Racing pictures of the Mellon collection, British Racehorse, vol. 24, December 1972, p. 595, SF338 B75 (LC)+ Oversize (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, pp. 347-48, no. 381, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 94, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41895