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Paintings and Sculpture 231

Creator

Skeaping, John, 1901–1980 29
Haseltine, Herbert, 1877–1962 21
Unknown artist 19
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 17
Pullan, Tessa, 1953– 11
Cheere, John, 1709–1787 7
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737–1823 7
Rysbrack, John Michael, 1694–1770 6
Armitage, Kenneth, 1916–2002 4
Butler, Reg, 1913–1981 4
Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781–1841 4
Farnham, John, born 1942 4
Gibson, John, 1790–1866 4
Jones, Adrian, 1845–1938 4
Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762 4
Chadwick, Lynn, 1914–2003 3
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903–1975 3
Lyons, Michael, 1943–2019 3
Wyon, Edward William, 1811–1885 3
Adams, Robert, 1917–1984 2
Anderson, Hurvin 2
Bell, Niki, 1959– 2
Boehm, Joseph Edgar, 1834–1890 2
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 2
Chuke, Michael, 1679–1742 2
Coade’s, Artificial Stone Manufactory, 1769–1840 2
Copeland, & Co. 2
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748–1828 2
Derby, porcelain factory, founded 1756 2
Foley, John Henry, 1818–1874 2

Date

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On-site Access

Not on view 231

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 139
Free to Use 92

Image Available

available 230
unavailable 1

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 2

Classification

Sculptures 225
Ceramics 5

Collective Title

Period

20th century 127
19th century 44
18th century 38
21st century 11
18th century-19th century 4
15th century 2
17th century 2
19th century-20th century 1
20th century-21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

bronze 124
marble 29
wood 15
terracotta 10
plaster 9
steel 9
lead 8
glass 4
gilded 3
welding 3
acrylic paint 2
alabaster 2
birds 2
bronzed 2
coade stone 2
electrotyping 2
gold 2
ivory 2
limewood 2
parian (porcelain) 2
resin 2
stone 2
wax 2
Arborite TM 1
Carrara marble 1
Formica (TM) 1
Portland stone 1
birdcage (container) 1
boxwood 1
brick 1

Height [cm]

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Work Type

sculpture 231

statuette 112
bust 34
statue 13
medallion 10
maquette 4
herm 3
high relief 3
bench 2
low relief 2
waxwork (sculpture) 2
altarpiece 1
bozzetto/sketch 1
cake 1
miniature 1
misericord 1
overmantel 1
painting 1
tableau 1

Genre

portrait 69
abstract art 58
animal art 39
sporting art 37
figure study 31
religious and mythological subject 14
genre subject 5
literary theme 4
still life 3
architectural subject 1

Subject Terms

portrait 70
abstract art 58
animal art 57
man 51
horse (animal) 46
figure study 31
sporting art 22
woman 16
religious and mythological subject 14
nude 11
child 8
horses (animals) 8
dog (animal) 7
jockey 7
mother 7
foal 6
politician 6
boy 5
figures 5
genre subject 5
horse racing 5
bull 4
figure 4
girl 4
king (person) 4
literary theme 4
medallion 4
philosopher 4
poet 4
Greek 3

Subject Period

Associated Places

India 1
South Asia 1

Associated People

Locke, John (1632–1704), philosopher 4
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 3
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), natural philosopher and mathematician 3
Calmady, Miss Emily (1818–1906), daughter of Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall, Devonshire 2
Calmady, Miss Laura Anne (1820–1894), daughter of Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall, Devonshire 2
Mellon, Paul (1907–1999), philanthropist and art collector 2
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), poet 2
William III and II (1650–1702), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and prince of Orange 2
Addington, Anthony (1713–1790), physician 1
Ailesbury, Lady, [Caroline Conway (1721–1803) 1
Albert, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (British prince consort, 1819–1861) 1
Apollo 1
Archangel Michael 1
Ariadne 1
Baskett, John, English art dealer and advisor to Paul Mellon 1
Burke, Edmund (1729/30–1797), politician and author 1
Chamossaire (1942–1964), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1945 1
Chronos 1
Cleopatra VII Philopator (late 69 BC–30 BC), last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt 1
Congreve, William (1670–1729), playwright and poet 1
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection 1
Dawson, Thomas, 1st Baron Dartrey (later 1st Viscount Cremorne), 1725–1813 1
Duquesnoy, Francois (1594–1643), sculptor/medallist, painter/draughtsman 1
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) 1
Fountaine, Sir Andrew (1676–1753), art collector 1
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician 1
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) 1
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 1
George IV (1762–1830), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1
Gibson, John (1790–1866), sculptor 1

Exhibition History

Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 45
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 22
Entrance Court 2003-4 (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-03-01 - 2004-09-07) 20
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18) 16
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 16
20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 13
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 5
Art in Focus : William III (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-04-08 - 2011-07-31) 4
Figuring Women - The Female in Modern British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-03-28 - 2008-06-08) 4
Art in Focus : St Ives Abstraction (Yale Center for British Art, 2013-04-12 - 2013-09-29) 2
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 2
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19) 2
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 2
Island: Arts from Ireland (The Kennedy Center, 2000-05-12 - 2000-05-28) 2
Lynn Chadwick (Edwin Austin Abbey, 1998-01-22 - 1998-03-08) 2
Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29) 2
Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14) 2
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 2
A Selective Eye - Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Susan Morse Hilles (Yale University Art Gallery, 1993-12-10 - 1994-03-06) 1
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) 1
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11) 1
Bill Brandt | Henry Moore (Yale Center for British Art, 2022-11-17 - 2023-02-26) 1
Damien Hirst (Tate Modern, 2012-04-05 - 2012-09-09) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 1
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Waddesdon (NT), 2014-06-18 - 2014-10-26) 1
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15) 1
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 120
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962 7
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Solomon A. Smith II, Solomon Byron Smith and Barbara Neff Smith Collection 4
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas Pritzker 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brigitte Graneau 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. and Mr. Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brian P. Burns 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gerald W. and Jean W. Bush 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon VeneKlasen 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Henry Moore 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson Ltd. 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 2
Yale Center for British Art, Iola S. Haverstick Fund 2
Yale Center for British Art, Acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk, the Director's Discretionary Fund, and the Friends of British Art Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Adam R. Rose, Class of 1981, and Peter R. McQuillan 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eva and Glenn Dubin 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gabriel Catone (Yale College '95) in memory of Jay Tobler (Yale College '89) 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gail and Michael Klebanoff in honor of Arthur M. Klebanoff, Yale BA 1969, and Susan J. Klebanoff, Yale BA 1974 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Helena M. Segy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ivor Braka in honor of Patrick McCaughey, Director, 1996-2001 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joanna W. and Robert A. Martin, Class of 1954 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Baskett 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judi Roaman and Carla Chammas 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lillian Heidenberg Reitman 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lynn W. and G. F. Robert Hanke, Yale BA 1960 1

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John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Running Greyhound

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Key to the Mint

1971
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Lester Piggott

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Ackermann-Skeaping Trophy

undated, between 1960 and 1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Under Pressure

undated, between 1960 and 1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Turning to Go Down

1976
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Greyhound

ca. 1978
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Poodle

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Turned Loose

1964
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Filly Foal

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mares and Foals

1978
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Double Form

ca. 1970
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

The Racehorse Zanzibar with Pug Dog of the same

1962
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

El Cordobes

1965
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mare and Foal

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Lucky Boy

1975
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing - Hanging to the Left

1975
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing Group

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Shirley Heights

1978
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

El Rejoneador

1964
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Arab Stallion

1968
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Chamossaire

1965
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

The York Trophy

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Indian Rhinoceros

Cast 1990 (original model 1915)
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Greyhound

1976
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing Greyhounds

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Fort Marcy

1973
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Foxhound

1971
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mill Reef

1973
Langlands & Bell, since 1978

"Capture"

1999
Langlands & Bell, since 1978

"Opening"

1999
Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1834–1890

St. Simon

1885
Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1834–1890

Girl on Horseback with a Boy and a Dog

1865
unknown artist

Carved wood misericord of a Sleeping Fox, possibly from... [Read more]

ca. 1400
unknown artist

Prancing Horse

undated
Simon Erland, Born 1961

Madrigal

1984
John Willis Good, 1845–1879

Before the Race

1875
John Willis Good, 1845–1879

After the Race

1875
Herbert Haseltine, 1877–1962

Southdown Ewe: Sandringham Ewe

cast 1963 (original model 1933)
Herbert Haseltine, 1877–1962

Polo Pony: Perfection

cast 1963 (original model 1933)

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