Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865, British
Title:
Steeplechase cracks: Allen McDonough on Brunette, Tom Oliver on Discount, and Jem Mason on Lottery
Date:
before 1847
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.120
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
horses (animals) | sporting art | hats | men | black | brown | jockeys
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:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 56, 370, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA

Mary Dougal, Racing pictures of the Mellon collection, British Racehorse, vol. 24, December 1972, p. 593, 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. 306-308, no. 331, pl. 39, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

John Ford, Ackermann 1783-1983 : the business of art, London, 1983, p. 182, N8640 A25 +F67 (YCBA)

Roger Longrigg, The history of horse racing : Foreword by Paul Mellon, The Macmillan Company, London, 1972, p. 164, SF335 A1 L65 1972 LC+ (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 95, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41901