Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: sporting art / Subject Terms: sporting art / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. One of Burch's

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1974
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on rough, thick, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 28 inches (53.3 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Arab Horsemen, Two Grey Horses

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1965
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on thick, rough, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 27 1/2 inches (50.8 × 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Over the Bank, Exmoor

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1895
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 7/16 inches (25.1 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Huntsman and Hounds

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 9 13/16 inches (22.1 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Sale at Ward's Repository, No. 2

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Crayon, graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 17 inches (34.9 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 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

7. 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

8. Man Hunting with a Pointed Staff and a Hound

Creator:: Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:: ca. 1645-1650
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 inches (11.7 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Staghunt

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (47.6 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Game Keeper and Boy Ferreting a Rabbit

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (26.7 x 19.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Battledore and Shuttlecock

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Archers Stalking a Stag

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (19.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Stable Boy on a Pony

Creator:: Arthur James Stark, 1831–1902
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 7/8 inches (14 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Country Amusement - Bull Baiting

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (16.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Square in the Village of Los Silos, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to thick brown card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (17.5 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Boots, Etc. Cromwell's Time, Haddon Hall, Jan. 9, 1825

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 10 3/8 inches (17.8 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Modern Exercise

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (16.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Jeytie Lifting Weights

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 7 1/4 inches (20.3 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Three Jeyties Exercising

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 inches (20 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. A Sportsman Loading His Gun

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 9 1/4in. (35.6 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Brighton Races

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, and graphite with scratching out on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 26 3/4 inches (51.4 × 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Flying the Kite

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Two Prize Fighters

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, pen and brown ink and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/2 × 10 inches (24.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Two Men at Fisticuffs

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (19.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Up and Over

Creator:: Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, 1870–1935
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 9 13/16 × 13 15/16 inches (24.9 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. `Hold Back, Sir!'

Creator:: Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, 1870–1935
Date:: 1904
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, black chalk, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 15/16 inches (25.1 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and gray ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 22 7/16 inches (23.5 × 57 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Taking a Fence Side-Saddle

Creator:: George Denholm Armour, 1864–1949
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouahce and pen with black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 9/16 × 10 3/4 inches (37 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Fly Fishing

Creator:: Robert Pollard, 1755–1838
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 10 9/16 inches (10.8 x 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. 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

32. A Man throwing a Ball to a Dog

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/16 × 6 1/8 inches (8.7 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Horse and Rider: a Stout Huntsman on a Galloping Horse

Creator:: Joseph Crawhall, 1861–1913
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 3/16 × 5 3/4 inches (13.2 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. 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

35. The Loose Shoe

Creator:: Joseph Crawhall, 1861–1913
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (21.6 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Indians Fishing, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 46 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in brown ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 1/16 inches (34.3 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. 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

38. Foxhunting: Drawing Covert

Creator:: George Alken, 1794–active 1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 7/8 inches (16.7 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. "Scraps", no. 22: Hunting, Unkennelling with Two Riders Watching

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 inches (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. "Scraps", no 17: Racing, Three Horses with Jockeys Up Galloping to Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 inches (16.7 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. "Hark": Startled Horse and Alert Rider

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 8 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (21 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Sporting Parson: "He Trieth a Little 'High Church' Style"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 13/16 inches (27.1 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Full Cry. 1821: Riders Taking a Wooden Fence

Creator:: George Alken, 1794–active 1837
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 1/8 inches (21.7 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Releasing a Bag-Fox

Creator:: George Alken, 1794–active 1837
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches (21.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Rider Galloping to Left

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 6 5/8 inches (18.7 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. 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

47. 'Rather Too Fast'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 13 1/4 inches (23.7 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Snipe Shooting

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 7/16 inches (25.6 × 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. 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

50. Steeplechasing: The Field Coming up to a Ditch

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 16 3/16 inches (25.1 × 41.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Tattersall's Training School

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 3/8 × 14 7/16 inches (31.4 × 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. The Race

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, gray/green, wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 1/16 × 14 inches (12.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. The Night Riders of Nacton: Whoop! and Away! The large field near Biles Corner

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper mounted to thick card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Steeplechasing: The Field taking a Low Rail and a Brook

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 7/8 inches (27 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping Into and Out of a Lane

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Two Jockeys Galloping Neck and Neck to Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 3/4 inches (22.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Galloping to Right, Mounted Spectators in Background

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Three Racehorses with Jockeys Up Galloping in a Group to Left

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 17 3/4 inches (27.1 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Last Field near Nacton Heath

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper, mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. "Stout Party. 'I Don't Much Like These 'ere Thoroughbreads - They've no Substance' "

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 3/16 × 15 9/16 inches (28.4 × 39.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Full Cry

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 7/16 inches (23.5 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. The Death: The Fox Hoist to a Fence

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 5/16 inches (26 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. 'Rather Too Slow'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 13 1/8 inches (23.7 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. 'Riding to Horses with Difficulty'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 13 1/4 inches (23.7 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Death: Yokels Watching in Foreground

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 × 13 1/8 inches (23.2 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Preparing for a Hunt at Selhurst Park, Nov. 14, 1796

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 13/16 inches (19.8 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. '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

68. Jumping a Wooden Fence

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 11/16 inches (27 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Rider Holding on to a Gray Horse After a Fall

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 9/16 inches (23.2 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Night Riders of Nacton: Preparing to Start. Ipswich, the Watering Place behind the Barracks

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, moderately textured brown laid paper mounted to thick, card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 1/2 inches (23.5 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook, Spectators on Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 11/16 inches (26.5 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Steeplechasing: The Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 11/16 inches (26.5 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Faceing a Brook Verifying the Old Adage, Look Before You Leap'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 7/8 inches (20.5 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Finish. Nacton Church and Village

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Foxhunting: Going to Draw Cover...

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (22.2 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. 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

77. Horses Going Up For the Start of a Race

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 15 5/8 inches (15.7 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Riders Taking a Fence

Creator:: Samuel Henry Gordon Alken, 1810–1894
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (21 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Hounds Followed by Three Riders

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/8 inches (19.4 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Return From the Chase, After a Fall

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 13/16 inches (30.5 × 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Skating in Hyde Park

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream 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

82. Galloping Rider With Whip Under His Arm

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (21.6 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Racehorses at Exercise, Possibly at Newmarket

Creator:: Gilbert Joseph Holiday, 1879 –1937
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/4 × 5 13/16 inches (8.3 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (14.9 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Over the Gate: Lady Huntsman Taking a Fence

Creator:: Gilbert Joseph Holiday, 1879 –1937
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (10.8 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Foxhunting: The Death

Creator:: Edwin W. Cooper of Beccles, 1785–1833
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 19 1/8 inches (32.1 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 9/16 inches (32.7 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. The Exeter College Eight on the Isis, Oxford

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 21 7/16 inches (28.6 × 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 3/8 inches (27.3 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The St. Leger, Doncaster: The Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (31.1 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. "The Poacher's Progress:" 'Poachers Snaring Pheasants'

Creator:: C. Blake, active 1825–1826
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and varnish on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 7/16 inches (30.8 × 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Hare Hunting: The Kill

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and red chalk on medium, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 11 9/16 inches (9.8 × 29.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. The Scholar Placed in His Seat Without Styrrops

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 14 1/2 inches (25.9 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Hunting in a Wood

Creator:: Francis Sartorius, 1734–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 17 5/16 inches (28.7 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. "Panton's Doctor": With Jockey Up, Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 22 inches (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. 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

97. Lord Southampton's Shooting Pony, with "Sailor", His Retriever, and "Rover", His Spaniel

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 × 10 11/16 inches (23.2 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. The Sporting Parson: "He Sheweth Them the Way They Should Go"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray-brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 1/16 inches (27.3 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Meet

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (13.7 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. "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

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1. One of Burch's

2. Arab Horsemen, Two Grey Horses

3. Over the Bank, Exmoor

4. Huntsman and Hounds

5. Sale at Ward's Repository, No. 2

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

7. Landscape with Sportsman and Guns

8. Man Hunting with a Pointed Staff and a Hound

9. Staghunt

10. Game Keeper and Boy Ferreting a Rabbit

11. Battledore and Shuttlecock

12. Archers Stalking a Stag

13. Stable Boy on a Pony

14. A Country Amusement - Bull Baiting

15. Square in the Village of Los Silos, Tenerife

16. Boots, Etc. Cromwell's Time, Haddon Hall, Jan. 9, 1825

17. Modern Exercise

18. Jeytie Lifting Weights

19. Three Jeyties Exercising

20. Retriever with Hare in Its Mouth

21. A Sportsman Loading His Gun

22. Brighton Races

23. Flying the Kite

24. Two Prize Fighters

25. Two Men at Fisticuffs

26. Up and Over

27. `Hold Back, Sir!'

28. The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start

29. Taking a Fence Side-Saddle

30. Fly Fishing

31. The Famous Childers

32. A Man throwing a Ball to a Dog

33. Horse and Rider: a Stout Huntsman on a Galloping Horse

34. A Dangerous Leap

35. The Loose Shoe

36. Indians Fishing, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 46 A]

37. Exercising a Racehorse

38. Foxhunting: Drawing Covert

39. "Scraps", no. 22: Hunting, Unkennelling with Two Riders Watching

40. "Scraps", no 17: Racing, Three Horses with Jockeys Up Galloping to Right

41. "Hark": Startled Horse and Alert Rider

42. The Sporting Parson: "He Trieth a Little 'High Church' Style"

43. Full Cry. 1821: Riders Taking a Wooden Fence

44. Releasing a Bag-Fox

45. Rider Galloping to Left

46. The Huntsman, Galloping to Left and Encouraging Hounds

47. 'Rather Too Fast'

48. Snipe Shooting

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

50. Steeplechasing: The Field Coming up to a Ditch

51. Tattersall's Training School

52. The Race

53. The Night Riders of Nacton: Whoop! and Away! The large field near Biles Corner

54. Steeplechasing: The Field taking a Low Rail and a Brook

55. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping Into and Out of a Lane

56. Two Jockeys Galloping Neck and Neck to Right

57. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Galloping to Right, Mounted Spectators in Background

58. Three Racehorses with Jockeys Up Galloping in a Group to Left

59. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Last Field near Nacton Heath

60. "Stout Party. 'I Don't Much Like These 'ere Thoroughbreads - They've no Substance' "

61. Full Cry

62. The Death: The Fox Hoist to a Fence

63. 'Rather Too Slow'

64. 'Riding to Horses with Difficulty'

65. The Death: Yokels Watching in Foreground

66. Preparing for a Hunt at Selhurst Park, Nov. 14, 1796

67. 'Getting Across the Country Like a Gentleman'

68. Jumping a Wooden Fence

69. Rider Holding on to a Gray Horse After a Fall

70. The Night Riders of Nacton: Preparing to Start. Ipswich, the Watering Place behind the Barracks

71. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook, Spectators on Right