Creator Gender: male / Genre: genre subject / Associated Places: United Kingdom / Subject Terms: sporting art

1. 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

2. A Hunting Party in the Grounds of a Country House

Creator:: John R. Wildman, active 1823–1839
Date:: 1820s-1830s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 35 inches (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. On the Downs

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1933
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 36 1/4 inches (76.2 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Cricket on the Green, Southwick

Creator:: Douglas Stannus Gray, 1890–1959
Date:: 1953
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

Creator:: John Cordrey, active 1765–1825
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/8 inches (51.8 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1790 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (26 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. 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

9. A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded over)

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and colored washes on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 17 inches (34 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Cave of the Golden Calf: Design for a Decorative Panel, Horse and Rider

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

11. On the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (28.6 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

12. On the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/16 inches (30.7 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

13. Thames Fishermen, no. 2

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1878
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 inches (18.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

14. Lord Stanhope (Later Earl of Chesterfield) as a Boy, Riding a Pony

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 8 inches (23.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

Creator:: Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 13/16 inches (26.7 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Netting Deer in Richmond Park

Creator:: Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, with white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, green-gray, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (25.1 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Doctor Syntax loses his Money on the Race Ground at York

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and pen and red-brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 6 13/16 inches (11 x 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Scotland

Creator:: Bruce Davidson, born 1933
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall

23. Brighton

Creator:: Bruce Davidson, born 1933
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall

24. Brighton

Creator:: Bruce Davidson, born 1933
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall

25. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

2. A Hunting Party in the Grounds of a Country House

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

4. On the Downs

5. Cricket on the Green, Southwick

6. J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

7. A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)

8. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

9. A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded over)

10. Cave of the Golden Calf: Design for a Decorative Panel, Horse and Rider

11. On the Thames

12. On the Thames

13. Thames Fishermen, no. 2

14. Lord Stanhope (Later Earl of Chesterfield) as a Boy, Riding a Pony

15. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

16. Netting Deer in Richmond Park

17. Doctor Syntax loses his Money on the Race Ground at York

18. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

19. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

20. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

21. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

22. Scotland

23. Brighton

24. Brighton

25. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

26. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House