Genre: sporting art / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: genre subject

1. The Death of the Hare

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 1/4 inches (102.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A Hawking Party

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 27 inches (52.1 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Learning about the Hounds

Creator:: Thomas Butler of Pall Mall, active 1750
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 65 inches (76.2 x 165.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 49 inches (67.6 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Hare Hunting

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 56 x 48 inches (142.2 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Foxhunting Scene

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835
Date:: 1808
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

8. George, Marquess of Huntly (later fifth Duke of Gordon), on Tiny

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835
Date:: between 1806 and 1807
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

9. The Derby Pets: The Arrival

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: between 1840 and 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches (32.1 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1790 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (26 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/2 x 99 inches (118.1 x 251.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Epsom Races: Settling Day at Tattersalls

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

13. Bachelor's Hall: The Death

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

14. Bachelors' Hall: The Hunt Breakfast

Creator:: Francis Calcraft Turner, active 1782–1846
Date:: 1842
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

15. The Shooting Party

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 6 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (15.9 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 113 1/4 x 127 1/8 inches (287.7 x 322.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Antique Letter Box Converted into a Humidor

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on wood
Dimensions:: Overall: 5 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 9 inches (14 x 31.1 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. The Taglioni Coach and Other Scenes

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on fruitwood
Dimensions:: Overall: 5 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 31.4 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Sale at Ward's Repository, No. 2

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Crayon, graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 17 inches (34.9 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded over)

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and colored washes on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 17 inches (34 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Brighton Races

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, and graphite with scratching out on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 26 3/4 inches (51.4 × 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Country Amusement - Bull Baiting

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (16.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Square in the Village of Los Silos, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to thick brown card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (17.5 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Two Men at Fisticuffs

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (19.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Game Keeper and Boy Ferreting a Rabbit

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (26.7 x 19.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Design for the Frontspiece of the Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette, Volume 1

Creator:: Print made by Robert Isaac Cruikshank, 1789–1856
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Etching hand-colored with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 6 1/16 inches (24.9 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Battledore and Shuttlecock

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Flying the Kite

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Royal Sport, Pit Ticket

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 x 6 11/16 inches (13 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone

30. Three Jeyties Exercising

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 inches (20 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Modern Exercise

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (16.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Jeytie Lifting Weights

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 7 1/4 inches (20.3 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Cave of the Golden Calf: Design for a Decorative Panel, Horse and Rider

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

34. The Sportsman

Creator:: Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 19 3/8 inches (40.4 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. On the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/16 inches (30.7 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

36. On the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (28.6 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

37. Thames Fishermen, no. 2

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1878
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 inches (18.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

38. Too Late for the Meet, c. 1860: a Lady on horseback greeting a Man who is alighting from a gig

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (16.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. "Landscape Scenery", No. 7: Scenes of Cricket and a Waggoner With His Team

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 9 7/8 inches (15.6 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Symptoms: of Up With a Down Prospect, of Down with an Up Prospect, of Learning to Trot, of a Hard Mouth.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 1/8 inches (19.2 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Symptoms: of How Do You Do, of I Should Not Have Known You, of My Lud, Of Easing a Patient, of a Loose Rein, of Wokey, of Tight in Hand

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (17.1 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Knight Falling From His Horse at a Squire's Tilt

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 8 1/8 inches (12.7 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Turbaned Cavalryman on a Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 1/16 inches (16.5 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Turbaned Cavalryman, Right Arm with Curved Sword Upraised

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1827 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 4 13/16 inches (16 × 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Sir Charles Blunt at the Death of the Boar

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 12 inches (37.8 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Wrestling

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (29.5 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Sir Charles Blunt Hunting the Boar and Escaping From the Tiger

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/2 inches (35.6 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Morning Ride

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1822 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 inches (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Stable Boy Holding a Horse in a Landscape

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 4 1/16 × 5 7/8 inches (10.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. "The Passage to the Right Aided by the Rider's Rod & the Master Holding the Alonge: Engraved as plate 10 in Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse...

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/16 inches (21 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Illustration to H. Bunbury ('Geoffrey Gambado') Annals of Horsemanship: '6 Love and Wind'

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 7/8 × 7 13/16 inches (25.1 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. The Gamekeeper

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 9 5/8 inches (37.9 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Lord Stanhope (Later Earl of Chesterfield) as a Boy, Riding a Pony

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 8 inches (23.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Netting Deer in Richmond Park

Creator:: Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, with white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, green-gray, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (25.1 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Backswords

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (29.2 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. How to Vault in the Saddle

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 x 10 3/4 inches (33 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. A Man throwing a Ball to a Dog

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/16 × 6 1/8 inches (8.7 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Horse and Rider Walking to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 3/4 inches (15.2 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Enraged Vicar

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and gray ink and pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 x 7 5/16 inches (12.9 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Morning

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.2 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Evening

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 5 13/16 inches (10.2 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Mid-Day

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 5 7/8 inches (10.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. "Scraps", No. 27: Two Dismounted Riders Drinking at an Alehouse Door

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 inches (16.7 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Symptoms: of to be Sold, of Despair, of Who is There, of Sold and Had Him a Week

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 7/8 inches (18.1 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Symptoms: of Being Bang Up, of a Fine Woman, of Being Bang Down, Of a Quiet One.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 8 3/8 inches (17.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Symptoms: of None of Your Stuff, of a Declaration, of a Meltonian, of Is that a Writ I See Before Me, of a Love Feast, of a Buck

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 8 11/16 inches (17 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Symptoms: of a Few Neat Ones going to a Mill, of Returning from the Epping Hunt.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 inches (17.5 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Symptoms: of Taking Lessons, of Having Had Enough, of Earnest, of Fun.

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1822 and 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 8 11/16 inches (17.6 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Symptoms: of Doubtful Amusement - or Craneing, of Anxious Amusement - or Sure of a Bite, of Public Amusement - or No Taxes, Dangerous Amusement - or a Slapper, Private Amusement - or Cruelty

Symptoms: of Doubtful Amusement - or Craneing, of Anxious Amusement - or Sure of a Bite, of Public Amusement - or No Taxes, Dangerous Amusement - or a Slapper, Private Amusement - or Cruelty

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1822 and 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 8 13/16 inches (18.4 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Stable Boy Leading a Trotting Horse in a Landscape with a Castle Tower

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen, in black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 4 13/16 inches (7.9 × 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. An Illustration of H. Bunbury ('Geoffrey Gambado'), "An Academy for Grown Horsemen: 'A Bit of Blood'

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 5/8 inches (20.5 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Seven Studies of Jockeys' Caps

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 9/16 × 10 1/16 inches (21.7 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Kindly, with Jockey Up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 1/16 inches (16 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. "The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

"The Capriole, When He Rises Before & at the Same Time Thro's Out His Hind Legs & Quarters Upon a Strait Line:" Engraved as Plate 25 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 inches (15.6 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Delivering a Calf

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (13.3 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The Seven Bold Swabians - Who Sallied forth with One Spear, Vide Fairy Ring

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 1/2 inches (31 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Breaking Cover, Desperate Struggle for the Lead, Consequences of Leaping Short

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 5/16 inches (29.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

Creator:: Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 13/16 inches (26.7 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Fisherman

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bewick, 1753–1828
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 4 11/16 inches (9.8 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

86. A Hawking Party

Creator:: Print made by William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 1/4 × 27 1/4 × 1 inches (56.5 × 69.2 × 2.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan Boyd-Bowman, Yale BA 1971

87. Final Instructions

Creator:: Philip William May, 1864–1903
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (14 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Deer Stalking By the Side of a Waterfall

Creator:: Horatio Ross, 1801–1886
Date:: between 1856 and 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Albumen print from wet collodion negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 inches (18.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

89. Tiger Hunting

Creator:: Print made by John Charlton, 1849–1917
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed wood-engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 10 inches (17.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

90. The Flying Pack

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 × 20 9/16 inches (33.8 × 52.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Mail Coach Behind Time

Creator:: Engraved by Henry Pyall, 1795–1833
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 x 20 3/16 inches (40.2 x 51.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Eton Cricket Match

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/4in. (27 x 37.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Whitney Collections of Sporting Art

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1. The Death of the Hare

2. A Hawking Party

3. Learning about the Hounds

4. Preparing for the Hunt

5. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

6. Hare Hunting

7. Foxhunting Scene

8. George, Marquess of Huntly (later fifth Duke of Gordon), on Tiny

9. The Derby Pets: The Arrival

10. A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)

11. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

12. Epsom Races: Settling Day at Tattersalls

13. Bachelor's Hall: The Death

14. Bachelors' Hall: The Hunt Breakfast

15. The Shooting Party

16. The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket

17. Antique Letter Box Converted into a Humidor

18. The Taglioni Coach and Other Scenes

19. Sale at Ward's Repository, No. 2

20. A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded over)

21. Brighton Races

22. A Country Amusement - Bull Baiting

23. Square in the Village of Los Silos, Tenerife

24. Two Men at Fisticuffs

25. Game Keeper and Boy Ferreting a Rabbit

26. Design for the Frontspiece of the Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette, Volume 1

27. Battledore and Shuttlecock

28. Flying the Kite

29. The Royal Sport, Pit Ticket

30. Three Jeyties Exercising

31. Modern Exercise

32. Jeytie Lifting Weights

33. Cave of the Golden Calf: Design for a Decorative Panel, Horse and Rider

34. The Sportsman

35. On the Thames

36. On the Thames

37. Thames Fishermen, no. 2

38. Too Late for the Meet, c. 1860: a Lady on horseback greeting a Man who is alighting from a gig

39. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

40. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

41. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

42. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

43. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

44. "Landscape Scenery", No. 7: Scenes of Cricket and a Waggoner With His Team

45. Symptoms: of Up With a Down Prospect, of Down with an Up Prospect, of Learning to Trot, of a Hard Mouth.

46. Symptoms: of How Do You Do, of I Should Not Have Known You, of My Lud, Of Easing a Patient, of a Loose Rein, of Wokey, of Tight in Hand

47. Knight Falling From His Horse at a Squire's Tilt

48. Turbaned Cavalryman on a Horse

49. Turbaned Cavalryman, Right Arm with Curved Sword Upraised

50. Sir Charles Blunt at the Death of the Boar

51. Wrestling

52. Sir Charles Blunt Hunting the Boar and Escaping From the Tiger

53. Morning Ride

54. Stable Boy Holding a Horse in a Landscape

55. "The Passage to the Right Aided by the Rider's Rod & the Master Holding the Alonge: Engraved as plate 10 in Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse...

56. Illustration to H. Bunbury ('Geoffrey Gambado') Annals of Horsemanship: '6 Love and Wind'

57. The Gamekeeper

58. Lord Stanhope (Later Earl of Chesterfield) as a Boy, Riding a Pony

59. Netting Deer in Richmond Park

60. Backswords

61. How to Vault in the Saddle

62. A Man throwing a Ball to a Dog

63. Horse and Rider Walking to Right

64. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

65. The Enraged Vicar

66. Morning

67. Evening

68. Mid-Day

69. "Scraps", No. 27: Two Dismounted Riders Drinking at an Alehouse Door

70. Symptoms: of to be Sold, of Despair, of Who is There, of Sold and Had Him a Week

71. Symptoms: of Being Bang Up, of a Fine Woman, of Being Bang Down, Of a Quiet One.

72. Symptoms: of None of Your Stuff, of a Declaration, of a Meltonian, of Is that a Writ I See Before Me, of a Love Feast, of a Buck

73. Symptoms: of a Few Neat Ones going to a Mill, of Returning from the Epping Hunt.