Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: Taking the Gate at the Hinge Post While Snob Walks Thro'
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "HRH 17-28A"; inscribed in graphite, verso, center: "Edward Hull (fl.1820-1840) | the Melton Hunt. | The original drawing, lithographed by the artist | as No. 5. Melton Mowbray, entitled, "Taking the | Gate at the Hinge Post While Snob Walks thro. | "Warned by the [knowing?] ones to keep | a loof from every [uesless?] leap. | Published Nov. 1835 by Colnaghi."; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "E. Hull"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "17.508"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.937
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
horses (animals) | fox hunting | jumping | horseback riders | hunters | hunt | hunting | horseback riding | gate | trees | sporting art | landscape
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | England | Leicestershire | Melton Mowbray
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, p. 372, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA