On-site Access: Not on view / Period: 18th century / Genre: animal art

1. A Lion Attacking a Horse

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 31 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches (80.6 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Greenland Falcon

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax on panel
Dimensions:: 32 x 39 inches (81.3 x 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. Lion and Lioness

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on copper
Dimensions:: 9 1/2 × 11 inches (24.1 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Horse Attacked by a Lion (Episode C)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1768 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/8 × 11 5/8 inches (25.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 × 39 7/8 inches (82.2 × 101.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on Wedgwood biscuit earthenware
Dimensions:: 4 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (10.8 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. A Lion Attacking a Stag

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Bulls Fighting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 32 1/2 inches (61.6 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Horse Frightened by a Lion

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1762 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 41 inches (70.5 × 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Water Spaniel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 46 inches (90.2 x 116.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Zebra

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 × 50 1/4 inches (102.9 × 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. A Grey Spotted Hound

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1738
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

15. 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

16. Lord Abergavenny's Dark Bay Carriage Horse with a Terrier

Creator:: Thomas Gooch, 1750–1802
Date:: 1785
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

17. 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

18. A Grey Arab Stallion in a Desert Landscape

Creator:: John Boultbee, 1753–1812
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (69.2 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Tigers

Creator:: Charles Towne, 1763–1840
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 5/16 × 8 1/4 inches (18.6 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. 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

21. Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

Creator:: Leonard Knyff, 1650–1721
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 56 inches (90.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. A Bay Horse Approached by a Stable-Lad with Food and a Halter

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches (61.6 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. 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

24. A Bay Horse in a Field

Creator:: John Boultbee, 1753–1812
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 x 41 inches (66.7 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Setters

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/4 x 9 inches (33.7 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Horse (? Old Partner) held by a Groom: standing facing right, wearing blue saddle-cloth edged with gold; the groom in blue...

One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Horse (? Old Partner) held by a Groom: standing facing right, wearing blue saddle-cloth edged with gold; the groom in blue...

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

27. 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

28. One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse Exercised by a Trainer in a Blue Coat: galloping to the left, the horse wearing blue sweat cover and saddle-cloth edged with gold

One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse Exercised by a Trainer in a Blue Coat: galloping to the left, the horse wearing blue sweat cover and saddle-cloth edged with gold

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

29. Spitz Dog

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 29 1/2 inches (61 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. 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

31. 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

32. Old Fox held by a Groom

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1721
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

33. 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

34. 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

35. A Horse Frightened by a Snake

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 × 14 1/8 inches (28.9 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. A Horse Frightened by a Lioness

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel plaque
Dimensions:: 3 13/16 × 4 11/16 inches (9.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. Study of a Grey Horse

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 8 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches (21.6 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. 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

39. 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

40. A Mallard, Black Bird and Tree Sparrow

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 28 inches (55.2 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. The Indian Rhinoceros

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 x 27 inches (81.3 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. Brown Horse in a Hilly Landscape

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. Domestic cock, hens, and chicks in a park

Creator:: Peter Casteels, 1684–1749
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches (126.4 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. Peacock, peahen, parrots, canary, and other birds in a park

Creator:: Jacob Bogdani, 1658–1724
Date:: between 1708 and 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 65 3/4 x 54 inches (167 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. A Macaw, Ducks, Parrots and Other Birds in a Landscape

Creator:: Jacob Bogdani, 1658–1724
Date:: between 1708 and 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 56 x 82 inches (142.2 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. Peacocks, Doves, Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks by a Classical Ruin

Creator:: Marmaduke Cradock, 1660–1716
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (41.9 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. Sheep and Lambs by a Fence

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker in honor of Amy R. W. Meyers, Director of the Yale Center for British Art
On View:: Not on view