Period: 18th century / Genre: animal art / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: horse (animal)

1. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (118.1 × 143.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Horse Frightened by a Lion (Episode A)

Creator:: Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795
Date:: modeled 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Solid blue jasper with white relief, shallow oval
Dimensions:: Image: 10 × 16 inches (25.4 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette work, third state
Dimensions:: Plate: 9 7/8 x 13 inches (25.1 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sketch of an Elaborately Saddled Horse

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 3/8 inches (24.1 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1779 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 3/8 inches (30.5 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Lady Charles Spencer

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 11/16 × 14 3/8 inches (50 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Puzzle for the Dog, the Puzzle for the Horse, the Puzzle for Turk, Frenchman, or, Christian

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 13/16 inches (26.6 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. 'The Danish Horse' in Training: Standing, with Trainer Holding a Whip

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 9/16 × 9 3/8 inches (19.2 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Man, a horse and two dogs, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book..of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 6)

Creator:: Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 7 5/16 inches (30.2 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. "The Gallop with Left Leg:"Engraved as Plate 15 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 15/16 inches (16.8 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. "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

26. Gadshill

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed mezzotint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 3/16 inches (41.5 x 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Saddled Horse Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (16.2 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Horse Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 3/8 inches (19.7 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Horse Lying Down

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 inches (10.5 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Providence—The Protection of Drunken Men

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 8 1/8 × 10 5/8 × 1 1/8 inches (20.6 × 27 × 2.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Profile of a Horse Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 inches (14.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Horseman and the Beggar

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 9 5/8in. (31 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Thirteen Drawings of Horses, Horsemen, Hounds, etc.

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Thirteen graphite drawings bound into an album on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (19.1 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

2. Horse Attacked by a Lion (Episode C)

3. Lustre, held by a Groom

4. Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

5. A Lion Attacking a Horse

6. Horse Frightened by a Lion

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

8. Old Fox held by a Groom

9. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

10. A Horse Frightened by a Lioness

11. A Grey Arab Stallion in a Desert Landscape

12. A Bay Horse in a Field

13. Study of a Grey Horse

14. A Horse Frightened by a Snake

15. Brown Horse in a Hilly Landscape

16. Horse Frightened by a Lion (Episode A)

17. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

18. Sketch of an Elaborately Saddled Horse

19. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

20. Lady Charles Spencer

21. The Puzzle for the Dog, the Puzzle for the Horse, the Puzzle for Turk, Frenchman, or, Christian

22. 'The Danish Horse' in Training: Standing, with Trainer Holding a Whip

23. A Man, a horse and two dogs, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book..of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 6)

24. "The Gallop with Left Leg:"Engraved as Plate 15 in "Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse..."

25. "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..."

26. Gadshill

27. Saddled Horse Facing Left

28. Horse Walking to Left

29. A Horse Lying Down

30. Providence—The Protection of Drunken Men

31. Profile of a Horse Facing Left

32. The Horseman and the Beggar

33. Thirteen Drawings of Horses, Horsemen, Hounds, etc.