Materials & Techniques: oil paint / On-site Access: Not on view / Subject Terms: race (event)

1. Newmarket Heath, with the King's stables rubbing house at the finish of the Beacon Course

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843

Creator:: William Tasker, 1808–1852
Date:: ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 3/8 x 71 1/2 inches (87.3 x 181.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. An Extensive View of the Oxford Races

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (63.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Start at Newmarket: Study No. 4

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 36 x 72 1/4 inches (91.4 x 183.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. A Boat Race on the River Isis, Oxford

Creator:: John Whessell, 1760–ca. 1823
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 22 1/4 inches (40.6 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. Houghton Meeting, Newmarket, 1913

Creator:: Sir John Lavery, 1856–1941
Date:: 1913
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

9. Point-to-Point Meeting

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1920
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 1/8 inches (50.8 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse Exercised by a Trainer in a Red Coat: galloping to the left, the horse wearing white sweat covers on head, neck and body

One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse Exercised by a Trainer in a Red Coat: galloping to the left, the horse wearing white sweat covers on head, neck and body

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

11. John Hay Whitney's Royal Minstrel, with Joe Childs up

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: ca. 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. 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

13. The Derby Pets: The Winner

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: between 1840 and 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (32.4 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket

Creator:: Henry Bernard Chalon, 1771–1849
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/2 × 43 1/4 inches (77.5 × 109.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Silks and Satins of the Turf

Creator:: Benjamin Herring, 1830–1871
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 x 43 1/2 inches (50.8 x 110.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Going Out

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1932
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Yacht Racing on the Solent

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 6 x 9 3/4 inches (15.2 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches (54.6 x 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Borlase Cokayne as a Boy riding Sultana

Creator:: Thomas Smith of Derby, ca. 1720–1767
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 25 3/8 inches (47 x 64.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Newmarket Heath, with the King's stables rubbing house at the finish of the Beacon Course

2. The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843

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

4. An Extensive View of the Oxford Races

5. Start at Newmarket: Study No. 4

6. A Boat Race on the River Isis, Oxford

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

8. Houghton Meeting, Newmarket, 1913

9. Point-to-Point Meeting

10. One of Four Portraits of Horses - a Chestnut Racehorse Exercised by a Trainer in a Red Coat: galloping to the left, the horse wearing white sweat covers on head, neck and body

11. John Hay Whitney's Royal Minstrel, with Joe Childs up

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

13. The Derby Pets: The Winner

14. 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

15. Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket

16. Silks and Satins of the Turf

17. Going Out

18. Yacht Racing on the Solent

19. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

20. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

21. Borlase Cokayne as a Boy riding Sultana

22. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

23. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish