Exhibition History: Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: men

1. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 15/16 x 50 1/16 inches (101.4 x 127.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

2. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1767
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, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

3. A Repose after Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 50 1/2 inches (102.2 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

4. Two Gentlemen Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1769
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, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

5. The Match between Aaron and Driver at Maidenhead, Aug. 1754: Aaron winning the Second Heat

Creator:: Richard Roper, active 1749–1765
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 48 inches (88.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. 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

7. The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 × 49 1/2 inches (87 × 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Bifrons Park, Kent

Creator:: Perhaps Jan van der Vaardt, 1647–1721
Date:: between 1695 and 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 61 1/2 x 91 1/2 inches (156.2 x 232.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. The Anglers' Repast

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1789
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

16. A Party Angling

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1789
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

17. 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

18. The Death of the Hare

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1760 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 60 x 99 inches (152.4 x 251.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: early 1760s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Landscape with Sportsman and Guns

Creator:: John Henry Müntz, 1727–1798
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 15/16 inches (22.4 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Sporting Lady

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and graphite, with squared lines on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 8 7/16 inches (16.7 x 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Netting Partridges

Creator:: Thomas Ross, active from 1753
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 11 13/16 inches (19.2 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Bookmaker and his Client outside the Ram Inn, Newmarket

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 7 9/16 inches (24 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Stag Hunt in the West Country

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 9 inches (13.7 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Cuckold Departs for the Hunt

Creator:: Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 15/16 inches (17.3 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Breakfast before the Hunt

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and gray ink with brown and blue wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8 inches (12.7 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Coursing

Creator:: Thomas Weaver, 1774–1843
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 5/16 inches (24 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Patience in a Punt

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 12 1/2 inches (20.5 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting

2. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

3. A Repose after Shooting

4. Two Gentlemen Shooting

5. The Match between Aaron and Driver at Maidenhead, Aug. 1754: Aaron winning the Second Heat

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

7. The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate

8. Preparing for the Hunt

9. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

10. Hare Hunting

11. A Fox Hunt

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

13. Bifrons Park, Kent

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

15. The Anglers' Repast

16. A Party Angling

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

18. The Death of the Hare

19. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

20. Landscape with Sportsman and Guns

21. The Sporting Lady

22. Netting Partridges

23. The Bookmaker and his Client outside the Ram Inn, Newmarket

24. A Stag Hunt in the West Country

25. The Cuckold Departs for the Hunt

26. Breakfast before the Hunt

27. Coursing

28. Patience in a Punt