Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959, British
Title:: Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)
Date:: 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches (54.6 x 75.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed, lower right: "[classic Munnings signature, but illegible]"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: © Estate of Sir Alfred Munnings
Accession Number:: B2001.2.74
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: spectators | equestrians | men | jockeys | meteorology | science | sporting art | flags | saddle | bridle | grandstand | genre subject | horses (animals) | sky | snowstorm | race (event)
Associated Places:: Europe | United Kingdom | England | Liverpool | Sefton | Aintree
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:: Alfred Munnings 1878-1959, [exhibition] The Athenaeum Gallery ... Manchester, 13 December 1986-25 January 1987. , Manchester City Galleries, Manchester, UK, 1986, pp. 67, 94, no. 41, pl. 41, NJ18 M9625 U75 (YCBA)
Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 98, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42315