On-site Access: Not on view / Subject Terms: equestrian and sporting art

1. Lustre, held by a Groom

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 3/4 inches (118.1 × 144.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Lord Glamis and his Staghounds

Creator:: Dean Wolstenholme, 1757–1837
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 x 81 inches (129.5 x 205.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 'Elis' at Doncaster, Ridden by John Day, with his Van in the Background

Creator:: Abraham Cooper, 1787–1868
Date:: between 1836 and 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 43 inches (88.9 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Sir Roger Burgoyne Riding "Badger"

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 7/8 x 69 inches (124.1 x 175.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Memnon, with William Scott Up

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 9/16 x 33 1/4 inches (67.5 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Preparing for the Hunt

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 x 49 inches (119.4 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. An Exercise in Haute Ecole: the Passage to the Left along a Wall, after Vanderbank

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 12 inches (47 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Study of a Saddled Bay Hunter

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. James Taylor Wray of the Bedale Hunt with his Dun Hunter

Creator:: Anson Ambrose Martin, active 1830–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 5/8 x 25 inches (52.4 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Leading Ponies

Creator:: Raoul Millais, 1901–1999
Date:: ca. 1935
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches (54.6 x 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Paul Mellon on Dublin

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1933
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 × 37 1/2 inches (78.7 × 95.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Portrait of a Sporting Lady

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/4 x 50 1/2 inches (103.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift
On View:: Not on view

13. Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket

Creator:: Henry Bernard Chalon, 1771–1849
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/2 × 43 1/4 inches (77.5 × 109.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Grey carriage horses in the coachyard at Putteridge Bury, Hertfordshire

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches (101.9 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Returning from the Hunt

Creator:: John Frederick Herring Jr., 1815–1907
Date:: ca. 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 26 inches (52.1 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Signal, a Grey Arab, with a Groom in the Desert

Creator:: David Dalby of York, 1780–1849
Date:: 1820 or 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 34 3/8 inches (61.3 x 87.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. The Saddling Paddock, Cheltenham March Meeting (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on heavy card
Dimensions:: 14 x 28 inches (35.6 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Black Speck at Druid's Lodge

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1941
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (36.2 x 59.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Epsom Races: The Race Over

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. A Bay Racehorse with Jockey Up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 14 inches (30.5 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. The Pink Jockey

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1950
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on plywood panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. John Hay Whitney's Royal Minstrel, with Joe Childs up

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Going Out

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1932
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Southern Hero and Black Speck, the property of J. V. Rank

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1940
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 24 inches (45.1 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Epsom Races: Preparing to Start

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Royal Grey in State Harness

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1925
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 13 1/4 x 16 inches (33.7 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Steeplechasing: The Brook

Creator:: William J. Shayer, 1811–c.1885
Date:: 1869
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 6 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (16.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Grey Arabian stallion, the property of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 49 inches (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Bachelor's Hall: Breaking Cover

Creator:: Francis Calcraft Turner, active 1782–1846
Date:: 1835 to 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 19 inches (35.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches (99.7 x 130.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse Exercised by a Trainer in a Red Coat: galloping to the left, the horse wearing white sweat covers on head, neck and body

One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse Exercised by a Trainer in a Red Coat: galloping to the left, the horse wearing white sweat covers on head, neck and body

Creator:: Attributed to James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 14 inches (30.5 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

Creator:: William Shaw, active 1758–1772
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches (101.9 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Steeplechasing: The Hurdle

Creator:: William J. Shayer, 1811–c.1885
Date:: 1869
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 4 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (12.1 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. Borlase Cokayne as a Boy riding Sultana

Creator:: Thomas Smith of Derby, ca. 1720–1767
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 25 3/8 inches (47 x 64.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. Dr. Syntax, a Bay Racehorse, Standing in a Coastal Landscape, an Estuary Beyond

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches (71.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. The Derby Pets: The Winner

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: between 1840 and 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (32.4 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. Sir Charles Warre Malet's String of Racehorses at Exercise

Creator:: Francis Sartorius, 1734–1804
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 × 29 3/4 inches (57.2 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

40. One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse with Jockey Up: walking to the left; jockey in buff-yellow jacket

Creator:: Attributed to James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 14 inches (30.5 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. Study of a Working Horse

Creator:: Thomas Sidney Cooper, 1803–1902
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 5 15/16 x 7 15/16 inches (15.1 x 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. James Cox Brady, Jr., on Galty Boy

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 x 39 1/4 inches (83.8 x 99.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas F. Brady, Yale 1952
On View:: Not on view

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1. Lustre, held by a Groom

2. Lord Glamis and his Staghounds

3. 'Elis' at Doncaster, Ridden by John Day, with his Van in the Background

4. Sir Roger Burgoyne Riding "Badger"

5. Memnon, with William Scott Up

6. Preparing for the Hunt

7. An Exercise in Haute Ecole: the Passage to the Left along a Wall, after Vanderbank

8. Study of a Saddled Bay Hunter

9. James Taylor Wray of the Bedale Hunt with his Dun Hunter

10. Leading Ponies

11. Paul Mellon on Dublin

12. Portrait of a Sporting Lady

13. Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket

14. Grey carriage horses in the coachyard at Putteridge Bury, Hertfordshire

15. Returning from the Hunt

16. Signal, a Grey Arab, with a Groom in the Desert

17. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

18. The Saddling Paddock, Cheltenham March Meeting (sketch)

19. Black Speck at Druid's Lodge

20. Epsom Races: The Race Over

21. A Bay Racehorse with Jockey Up

22. The Pink Jockey

23. John Hay Whitney's Royal Minstrel, with Joe Childs up

24. Going Out

25. Southern Hero and Black Speck, the property of J. V. Rank

26. Epsom Races: Preparing to Start

27. Royal Grey in State Harness

28. Steeplechasing: The Brook

29. Grey Arabian stallion, the property of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn

30. Bachelor's Hall: Breaking Cover

31. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

32. One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse Exercised by a Trainer in a Red Coat: galloping to the left, the horse wearing white sweat covers on head, neck and body

33. The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

34. Steeplechasing: The Hurdle

35. Borlase Cokayne as a Boy riding Sultana

36. Dr. Syntax, a Bay Racehorse, Standing in a Coastal Landscape, an Estuary Beyond

37. The Derby Pets: The Winner

38. Sir Charles Warre Malet's String of Racehorses at Exercise

39. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

40. One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse with Jockey Up: walking to the left; jockey in buff-yellow jacket

41. Study of a Working Horse

42. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm

43. James Cox Brady, Jr., on Galty Boy