Creator Gender: unknown / Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: animal art

1. Study of Birds

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 20 inches (27.9 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A Horse Frightened by a Lioness

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel plaque
Dimensions:: 3 13/16 × 4 11/16 inches (9.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Man on a White Horse

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 3 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches (8.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Greyhound: Facing Left, with a Dead Hare at His Feet

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on porcelain
Dimensions:: 5 × 6 3/4 inches (12.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Springer: A Spaniel Bounding Over a Log to Spring a Snipe on the Left

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on porcelain
Dimensions:: 5 × 6 3/4 inches (12.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Two Hares: On a Hillside

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on porcelain
Dimensions:: 5 × 6 3/4 inches (12.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Setter: Facing Left, with a Partridge Hiding among Burdocks on the Left

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on porcelain
Dimensions:: 5 × 6 3/4 inches (12.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. A Mallard, Black Bird and Tree Sparrow

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 28 inches (55.2 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Brown Horse in a Hilly Landscape

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
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

10. Carved wood misericord of a Sleeping Fox, possibly from Dunblane Cathedral, Perthshire, Scotland

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1400
Materials & Techniques:: Wood
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (32.4 x 78.1 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Prancing Horse

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Cast concrete
Dimensions:: Overall: 48 x 55 x 21 inches (121.9 x 139.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. A Setter: Standing

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pearlware figure
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4in. (28.6cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Jockey and Racehorse: he in black cap, blue jacket, pink waistcoat and white breeches; the horse, sponged black with purple saddle cloth (reins missing)

Jockey and Racehorse: he in black cap, blue jacket, pink waistcoat and white breeches; the horse, sponged black with purple saddle cloth (reins missing)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Scottish pearlware figure
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11in. (27.9cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Cattle Watering

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 1/2 inches (27.8 × 36.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Hound Running to Right

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (11.1 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Dogs Fighting

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 7in. (20 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Horses, Cow and Men

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (24.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Two Sleeping Dogs

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, white chalk, red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 5/16 inches (16.5 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Ram and Two Sheep

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite and scratching out on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 1/4in. (15.2 x 21cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Rear View of a Goat Lying in a Forest

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (17.5 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Deer and Dog

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 7 7/8 inches (34.6 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Horse, Man and Pig

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 7 7/8 inches (29.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Horses and Landscape

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 7 3/8 inches (34 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Dogs, People and Horses

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (16.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Man, Horses and Dogs

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (35.2 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Sleeping Dog

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on medium, smooth, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 6 9/16 inches (14.4 × 16.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Chamaeler Chamaeleon

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and varnish on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (19.7 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Monk Seal-Monachus monachus

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 16 3/4 inches (21.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Dog with Bone, Facing Left

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (18.4 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Three Cows Standing Under a Group of Trees

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (16.8 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Snarling Dog Chained to Kennel

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 inches (16.2 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Retriever with Hare in Its Mouth

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (14 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Hound Sitting Holding up Bleeding Foreleg

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 1/4 inches (14.3 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Hound Lying Down Snarling

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (14 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Bulldog Facing Left

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (14 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Two Bulldogs Playing

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (11.7 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Two Dogs Outside a Kennel, Magpie perched above

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (15.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Horse on a Sea Shore, Tall Rock Behind

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 7 3/4 inches (15.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Study of a Galloping Horse

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 inches (16.2 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Two Greyhounds Chasing a Hare

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and white gouache on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 1/4 inches (28.3 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Two Bats

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 inches (26.7 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. A Parrot

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (21.6 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Maiden Lady and her Family

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1820 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (29.2 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Miss-Ann-Thropy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 11/16 inches (35.3 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection