Genre: sporting art / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: horse (animal) and horse racing

1. Scenes from a Steeplechase: The Winner

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Chaser: Sergeant Murphy

Creator:: Herbert Haseltine, 1877–1962
Date:: cast 1963 (original model 1926)
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (29.2 x 34.9 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. One of Burch's

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1974
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on rough, thick, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 28 inches (53.3 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Conqueror Going to Start

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 15/16 inches (18.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Racehorse with Jockey Up: Galloping, Seen from the Near-Side; the Jockey Holds a Switch

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/8 × 11 3/4 inches (25.7 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Stable Boy rubbing down a Racehorse

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 7/8 × 19 1/8 inches (32.7 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Exercising a Racehorse

Creator:: George Alken, 1794–active 1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 3/4 inches (20.5 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Rubbing Down a Horse in a Paddock at a Racetrack

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 11/16 inches (19.5 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Studies of a Jockey Whipping-On

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 5/16 × 6 1/2 inches (23.7 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Whitefoot at Exercise: Hooded and Rugged, Jockey up, Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 6 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (16.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Flying Childers at Exercise: Hooded and Rugged, with Jockey Up, Galloping Up, Galloping to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 3/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.3 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Foxhunter, 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: 5 7/16 × 8 5/16 inches (13.8 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. 'True Blue Beat by Whitefoot': Galloping to Left, with Jockey Up Whipping-On

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 × 11 3/4 inches (22.9 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. Victorious, with Jockey Up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 7 1/2 inches (13.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Sloven, with Jockey Up, Galloping to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 5/16 inches (15.9 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Racehorse with Jockey Up: the Jockey Holds a Whip in His Teeth

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (21.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Flying Childers and Grooms

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 6 1/4 inches (9.8 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. "Scraps", No. 15: Racehorse with Jockey Up, Two Men Discussing the Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (16.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. "Panton's Doctor": With Jockey Up, Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 22 inches (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Race Meeting at Newmarket Heath

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1671
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 16 1/2 inches (24.1 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 6 13/16 inches (13.8 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Famous Childers

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (14.3 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 6 15/16 inches (12.9 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Racing Saddle on a Horse's Back, With Details of Stirrup

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and pen and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 1/8 inches (17.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 6 5/8 inches (13.8 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Lord Godolphin's White Foot, a Very Famous Horse That Was Never Beat

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (14.3 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Victorious

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 7 3/16 inches (14.4 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Scenes from a Steeplechase: The Winner

2. The Chaser: Sergeant Murphy

3. One of Burch's

4. Conqueror Going to Start

5. Racehorse with Jockey Up: Galloping, Seen from the Near-Side; the Jockey Holds a Switch

6. A Stable Boy rubbing down a Racehorse

7. Exercising a Racehorse

8. Rubbing Down a Horse in a Paddock at a Racetrack

9. Studies of a Jockey Whipping-On

10. Whitefoot at Exercise: Hooded and Rugged, Jockey up, Walking to Left

11. Flying Childers at Exercise: Hooded and Rugged, with Jockey Up, Galloping Up, Galloping to Left

12. Foxhunter, with Jockey Up

13. 'True Blue Beat by Whitefoot': Galloping to Left, with Jockey Up Whipping-On

14. Kindly, with Jockey Up

15. Victorious, with Jockey Up

16. Sloven, with Jockey Up, Galloping to Right

17. Racehorse with Jockey Up: the Jockey Holds a Whip in His Teeth

18. Flying Childers and Grooms

19. "Scraps", No. 15: Racehorse with Jockey Up, Two Men Discussing the Horse

20. "Panton's Doctor": With Jockey Up, Walking to Left

21. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

22. A Race Meeting at Newmarket Heath

23. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

24. The Famous Childers

25. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

26. A Racing Saddle on a Horse's Back, With Details of Stirrup

27. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

28. Lord Godolphin's White Foot, a Very Famous Horse That Was Never Beat

29. Victorious