On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 19th century / Genre: sporting art / Subject Terms: horse (animal)

1. Huntsman and Hounds

Creator:: Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1898-1899
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on thick, smooth, gray wove card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 5/8 inches (20.1 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. "The Cover Hack"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. "By - he'll get to the Earth..."

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. "Topping a Park fence and doing the thing easy"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. 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

6. Eton Cricket Match

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/4in. (27 x 37.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Whitney Collections of Sporting Art

7. The Cadger's Trot (first State)

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bewick, 1753–1828
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Cadger's Trot

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bewick, 1753–1828
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (20.7 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Dangerous Leap

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 4 5/16 inches (9 × 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Huntsman with Hounds

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.2 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Barnett Fair, putting him through his paces

Creator:: Joseph Crawhall, 1861–1913
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (25.1 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. "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

13. A Whipper-In and a Couple of Hounds Running Hard in Open Country

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 13/16 inches (23.2 × 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. "Sporting Anecodotes:" Drawing for the Soft-Gound Etching of 'The Sporting Butcher'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 12 7/16 inches (21.1 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 'Getting Across the Country Like a Gentleman'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 3/8 inches (23.5 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Turbaned Cavalryman, Right Arm with Curved Sword Upraised

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1827 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 4 13/16 inches (16 × 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Turbaned Cavalryman on a Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 1/16 inches (16.5 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Hunting Accident

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and red ink with brown wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 inches (18.4 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Edwin Gill, active 1810, died 1868
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 7/16 inches (27 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Foxhunting: Rider Approaching a Fence by a Pond, Hound Swimming Through

Creator:: Samuel Henry Gordon Alken, 1810–1894
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 3/8 inches (23.2 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Foxhunting: Rider Jumping a Stile

Creator:: Samuel Henry Gordon Alken, 1810–1894
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 7/16 inches (23.2 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. How to Vault in the Saddle

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 x 10 3/4 inches (33 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. "Sporting Notions": 'It's My Notion That This is the Only Way to Get Her Along'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 1/8 inches (16.2 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Back View of Stout Rider on a Chestnut Horse

Creator:: Sir Francis Grant, 1803–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, blue, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 13 1/4 inches (21.3 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. 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

26. 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

27. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" `Returning Home in Triumph. He Disdain'd a Slothful Easey Life; so Took to Hunting'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 5/8 inches (20.3 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Dismounted Rider Breaking Open a Fence for Foxhounds to Pass Through

Creator:: John Frederick Tayler, 1802–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 3/16 inches (17.3 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Ralph John Lambton on His Hunter, "Undertaker"

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 5/8 inches (20 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Groom Leading a Bay Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 5/16 inches (25.2 × 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Huntsman, Galloping to Left and Encouraging Hounds

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 12 9/16 inches (22.5 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Rider on a Brown Horse About to Jump a Rail Fence to the Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 12 3/16 inches (23 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Foxhunting: Hunt Servants Returning Hounds to Kennels

Creator:: Samuel Henry Gordon Alken, 1810–1894
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 9 1/16 inches (21.6 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Too Late for the Meet, c. 1860: a Lady on horseback greeting a Man who is alighting from a gig

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (16.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Horse and Rider seen from the Rear

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 10 inches (27 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Man in an enclosed Carriage being pulled by a Horse with a Rider

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (14.6 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Earl of Lonsdale's Hound Van arriving at a Meet of the Cottesmore Hunt, March 22, 1809

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 12 5/8in. (18.1 x 32.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Ootacamund Hunt Meeting at Mr. Chalmers' House at Gindy, Madras, 1845

Creator:: Justinian Gantz, 1802–1862
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 20 1/8 inches (32.7 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Going Out in the Morning: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/16 inches (29.8 × 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Lancier d'Orleans

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 1/4 inches (17.1 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Vandebilt, Vanderbilt Collection, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

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1. Huntsman and Hounds

2. "The Cover Hack"

3. "By - he'll get to the Earth..."

4. "Topping a Park fence and doing the thing easy"

5. The Famous Childers

6. Eton Cricket Match

7. The Cadger's Trot (first State)

8. The Cadger's Trot

9. A Dangerous Leap

10. Huntsman with Hounds

11. Barnett Fair, putting him through his paces

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

13. A Whipper-In and a Couple of Hounds Running Hard in Open Country

14. "Sporting Anecodotes:" Drawing for the Soft-Gound Etching of 'The Sporting Butcher'

15. 'Getting Across the Country Like a Gentleman'

16. Turbaned Cavalryman, Right Arm with Curved Sword Upraised

17. Turbaned Cavalryman on a Horse

18. A Hunting Accident

19. Grouse Shooting

20. Foxhunting: Rider Approaching a Fence by a Pond, Hound Swimming Through

21. Foxhunting: Rider Jumping a Stile

22. How to Vault in the Saddle

23. "Sporting Notions": 'It's My Notion That This is the Only Way to Get Her Along'

24. Back View of Stout Rider on a Chestnut Horse

25. Coursing

26. Exercising a Racehorse

27. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" `Returning Home in Triumph. He Disdain'd a Slothful Easey Life; so Took to Hunting'

28. Dismounted Rider Breaking Open a Fence for Foxhounds to Pass Through

29. Ralph John Lambton on His Hunter, "Undertaker"

30. A Groom Leading a Bay Horse

31. The Huntsman, Galloping to Left and Encouraging Hounds

32. Rider on a Brown Horse About to Jump a Rail Fence to the Right

33. Foxhunting: Hunt Servants Returning Hounds to Kennels

34. Too Late for the Meet, c. 1860: a Lady on horseback greeting a Man who is alighting from a gig

35. Horse and Rider seen from the Rear

36. A Man in an enclosed Carriage being pulled by a Horse with a Rider

37. The Earl of Lonsdale's Hound Van arriving at a Meet of the Cottesmore Hunt, March 22, 1809

38. The Ootacamund Hunt Meeting at Mr. Chalmers' House at Gindy, Madras, 1845

39. Going Out in the Morning: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

40. Lancier d'Orleans