Genre: sporting art / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: costume and horses (animals)

1. 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

2. 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

3. Over the Sawdust! South & West, Wilts. Point-to-Point

Creator:: Peter Biegel, 1913–1988
Date:: 1953
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/8 × 24 1/8 inches (51.1 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Derby Pets: The Arrival

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: between 1840 and 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches (32.1 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. 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

6. 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

7. Foxhunting: Clearing a Bank

Creator:: John Dalby, active 1826–1853
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 5 x 6 1/8 inches (12.7 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Foxhunting: Breaking Cover

Creator:: William J. Shayer, 1811–c.1885
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches (8.6 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Foxhunting: Coming to a Fence (Full Cry)

Creator:: William J. Shayer, 1811–c.1885
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches (8.6 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/8 inches (45.7 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Foxhunting: Clearing a Brook

Creator:: William J. Shayer, 1811–c.1885
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches (8.6 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/4 x 51 1/4 inches (99.7 x 130.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Hunting Scene: The Meet

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Foxhunting: Road Riders or Funkers

Creator:: Richard Barrett Davis, 1782–1854
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 30 inches (27.9 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/2 x 99 inches (118.1 x 251.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. The Saddling Paddock, Cheltenham March Meeting (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on heavy card
Dimensions:: 14 x 28 inches (35.6 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. High Leicestershire

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Full Cry: The Quorn

Creator:: Neil Cawthorne, 1936–1978
Date:: ca. 1975
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. The Caledonian Coursing Meeting

Creator:: Richard Ansdell, 1815–1885
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 61 1/8 × 119 15/16 inches (155.3 × 304.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. A Groom Mounted on a Chestnut Hunter, He Holds a Bay Hunter by the Reins

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 x 29 3/4 inches (60.3 x 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Lord and Lady Twemlow

Creator:: William Barraud, 1810–1850
Date:: late 1840s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 x 35 1/2 inches (70.5 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
On View:: Not on view

23. The Taglioni Coach and Other Scenes

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on fruitwood
Dimensions:: Overall: 5 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 31.4 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. The Death of the Fox

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 9/16 inches (27.9 x 39.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Making a Cast at a Fault

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches (28.3 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 7/8 inches (37.2 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A-Hunting We Will Go

Creator:: Print made by Alfred W. Cooper, active 1850–1901
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 x 5 3/16 inches (12.6 x 13.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Major John Dade of Tannington, Suffolk

2. Preparing for the Hunt

3. Over the Sawdust! South & West, Wilts. Point-to-Point

4. The Derby Pets: The Arrival

5. Bifrons Park, Kent

6. The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket

7. Foxhunting: Clearing a Bank

8. Foxhunting: Breaking Cover

9. Foxhunting: Coming to a Fence (Full Cry)

10. Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

11. Hunting Scene: In Full Cry

12. Foxhunting: Clearing a Brook

13. Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter

14. Hunting Scene: The Meet

15. Foxhunting: Road Riders or Funkers

16. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

17. The Saddling Paddock, Cheltenham March Meeting (sketch)

18. High Leicestershire

19. Full Cry: The Quorn

20. The Caledonian Coursing Meeting

21. A Groom Mounted on a Chestnut Hunter, He Holds a Bay Hunter by the Reins

22. Lord and Lady Twemlow

23. The Taglioni Coach and Other Scenes

24. The Death of the Fox

25. Making a Cast at a Fault

26. Grouse Shooting

27. A-Hunting We Will Go