On-site Access: Not on view / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: horses (animals)

1. Phaeton with a Pair of Cream Ponies and a Stable-Lad

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1780 and 1784
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (89.5 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Limekiln at Coalbrookdale

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 x 15 7/8 inches (28.9 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. A Fox Hunt

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 45 x 69 inches (114.3 x 175.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Classical Landscape: Evening

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: between 1740 and 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 43 x 43 inches (109.2 x 109.2 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. 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

7. David Garrick and his wife Eva Maria Garrick (née Veigel) by his Temple to Shakespeare at Hampton

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 43 1/4 x 53 inches (109.9 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/2 x 48 1/2 inches (97.8 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Lough Erne from Knock Ninney, with Bellisle in the distance, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Creator:: Thomas Roberts, 1748–1778
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 36 inches (57.2 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Rievaulx Abbey

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Portrait of John Phillippo Nighorus

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/8 x 67 1/16 inches (127.3 x 170.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. 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

14. Covent Garden

Creator:: Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:: ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Merton College, Oxford

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 x 35 5/8 inches (70.5 x 90.5 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. Calke Hall, Derbyshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Harpur, Bt.

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1734
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 x 36 inches (60.3 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 50 1/4 inches (88.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. John Sidey and his Hounds at a Farmhouse near Hadleigh, Suffolk

Creator:: James Dunthorne, 1730–1815
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 54 inches (90.2 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: William Ashford, 1746–1824
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 9/16 x 24 1/16 inches (42.1 x 61.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Whitehall

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 × 35 7/8 inches (71.1 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. An Imaginary Landscape with a Traveller and Figures Overlooking the Bay of Baiae

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/16 x 29 7/16 inches (48.4 x 74.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Probably John Trevor, third Baron Trevor, of St. Anne's Hill, Surrey, and Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire (formerly T. Travers, Esq.)

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 25 inches (76.5 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Mr. Ernest Hillman, Jr.
On View:: Not on view

24. St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 24 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (62.9 × 73 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. High Street, Oxford

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 × 47 inches (88.9 × 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Soldier with Country Women Selling Ribbons, near a Military Camp

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1788
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

27. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

Creator:: Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:: ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. The Squire's Door

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 5/16 x 12 7/8 inches (38.9 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Lake Albano

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 1/8 x 65 1/4 inches (119.7 x 165.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. A Panoramic View of Florence from Bellosguardo

Creator:: Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/4 x 62 1/4 inches (94.6 x 158.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Major John Dade of Tannington, Suffolk

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 × 25 1/2 inches (76.2 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. 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

33. Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches (95.3 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Marcia Pitt and Her Brother George Pitt, Later second Baron Rivers, Riding in the Park at Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire

Creator:: Thomas Gooch, 1750–1802
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (68.9 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Bolton

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches (62.2 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. The Drummond Family

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 63 inches (104.1 x 160 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. 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

38. Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche

Creator:: Thomas Spencer, 1700–1753
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 52 3/4 inches (99.1 x 134 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. Classical Landscape with Figures and Animals: Sunset

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 46 1/2 inches (88.9 x 118.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

40. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. A Young Gentleman Riding a Schooled Horse

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: between 1728 and 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/8 × 12 3/4 inches (48.6 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. Lamprey, with His Owner Sir William Morgan, at Newmarket

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 49 1/2 inches (104.1 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. A view of Greenwich from the River with many Boats

Creator:: Jan Griffier the Elder, ca. 1645–1718
Date:: Between 1700-1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 32 3/4 inches (45.1 x 83.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. Mares and Foals

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on metal (zinc?)
Dimensions:: 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (15.9 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. Noon

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. Hackwood Park, Hampshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated, exhibited 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/16 x 50 1/4 inches (102.1 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

48. The Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 48 1/2 inches (76.2 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

49. Thomas "Sense" Browne

Creator:: Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 91 x 55 inches (231.1 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

50. Landscape with Haymakers and a Distant View of a Georgian House

Creator:: William Ashford, 1746–1824
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 42 inches (76.2 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

51. Horses and Cattle by a River

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 9 1/2 inches (35.6 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

52. The Chaise Match Run on Newmarket Heath on Wednesday the 29th of August, 1750

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 × 66 inches (106.7 × 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

53. Morning: Landscape with Mares and Sheep

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 × 26 inches (45.7 × 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

54. John Corbet, Sir Robert Leighton and John Kynaston with their Horses and Hounds

Creator:: Thomas Stringer, 1722–1790
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 3/4 x 57 1/2 inches (95.9 x 146.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

55. View of Shepperton on the River Thames

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (59.1 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

56. The Earl of Rochester's House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1700 and 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/4 x 83 1/2 inches (107.3 x 212.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

57. Box Hill, Surrey, with Dorking in the distance

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 11/16 x 53 9/16 inches (90.6 x 136 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

58. Old Walton Bridge

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/8 x 48 1/8 inches (46 x 122.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

59. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

Creator:: Gaspar Butler, active ca. 1718–1730
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (49.5 x 166.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

60. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 7/8 x 38 1/4 inches (73.3 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

61. Coach in a Thunderstorm

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard (attached to stretcher); verso: oil sketch
Dimensions:: 16 3/4 x 24 inches (42.5 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

62. The Rainbow

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: 1784
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

63. A Romany Encampment

Creator:: Circle of Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Overall: 27 × 33 1/2 inches (68.6 × 85.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elliot Sussman, MD, MBA, Yale BA 1973
On View:: Not on view