Creator Gender: male / Period: 18th century / Exhibition History: Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) / Subject Terms: sporting art

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. 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

3. The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 29 1/4 inches (63.5 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Windham Quin of Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland

Creator:: Stephen Slaughter, 1697–1765
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 50 5/8 inches (101.9 x 128.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. A Grey Spotted Hound

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1738
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. 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

11. 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

12. A Sportsman

Creator:: Edward Haytley, active 1740–1761
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 14 3/8 inches (51.8 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

Creator:: William Shaw, active 1758–1772
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches (101.9 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. The Sporting Undergraduate

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 3 1/8 inches (9.5 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

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Exhibition History Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)

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1. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

2. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting

3. The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

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

5. A Repose after Shooting

6. Two Gentlemen Shooting

7. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

8. Windham Quin of Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland

9. A Grey Spotted Hound

10. Preparing for the Hunt

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

12. A Sportsman

13. The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

14. A Party Angling

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

16. The Death of the Hare

17. The Death of the Fox

18. Landscape with Sportsman and Guns

19. Netting Partridges

20. The Sporting Undergraduate

21. Breakfast before the Hunt