Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Exhibition History: Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) / Genre: 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. 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

3. Freeman, the Earl of Clarendon's gamekeeper, with a dying doe and hound

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1800
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

4. Hare Hunting

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 56 x 48 inches (142.2 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. 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

6. 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

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. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. The Match between Aaron and Driver at Maidenhead, Aug. 1754: Aaron winning the Second Heat

Creator:: Richard Roper, active 1749–1765
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 48 inches (88.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Portrait of a Racehorse, Possibly Disguise, the Property of the Duke of Hamilton, with Jockey Up

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 1/2 x 42 1/2 inches (85.1 x 108 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. 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

14. Bifrons Park, Kent

Creator:: Perhaps Jan van der Vaardt, 1647–1721
Date:: between 1695 and 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 61 1/2 x 91 1/2 inches (156.2 x 232.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche

Creator:: Thomas Spencer, 1700–1753
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 52 3/4 inches (99.1 x 134 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. 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

18. 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

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. Patience in a Punt

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 12 1/2 inches (20.5 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Man and Woman with a Bag of Game

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 15/16 inches (20.3 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. 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

23. Coursing

Creator:: Thomas Weaver, 1774–1843
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 5/16 inches (24 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Sporting Lady

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and graphite, with squared lines on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 8 7/16 inches (16.7 x 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Shooting Party Setting Out

Creator:: Frederick George Byron, 1764–1794
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 × 21 1/4 inches (42.7 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Shooting Party Returning Home

Creator:: Frederick George Byron, 1764–1794
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 1/4 inches (42.9 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. 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

28. A Stag Hunt in the West Country

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 9 inches (13.7 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Enraged Vicar

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and gray ink and pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 x 7 5/16 inches (12.9 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

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

3. Freeman, the Earl of Clarendon's gamekeeper, with a dying doe and hound

4. Hare Hunting

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

6. Preparing for the Hunt

7. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

8. A Sportsman

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

10. A Party Angling

11. The Match between Aaron and Driver at Maidenhead, Aug. 1754: Aaron winning the Second Heat

12. Portrait of a Racehorse, Possibly Disguise, the Property of the Duke of Hamilton, with Jockey Up

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

14. Bifrons Park, Kent

15. Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche

16. The Death of the Hare

17. Brighton Races

18. Breakfast before the Hunt

19. Netting Partridges

20. Patience in a Punt

21. Man and Woman with a Bag of Game

22. The Sporting Undergraduate

23. Coursing

24. The Sporting Lady

25. Shooting Party Setting Out

26. Shooting Party Returning Home

27. Landscape with Sportsman and Guns

28. A Stag Hunt in the West Country

29. The Enraged Vicar