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Exhibition History Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)

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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. Zebra

Zebra
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1763
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/2 × 50 1/4 inches (102.9 × 127.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 49 inches (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1767
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, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Horse Frightened by a Lion
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
between 1762 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 3/4 × 41 inches (70.5 × 104.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 15/16 x 50 1/16 inches (101.4 x 127.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
A Repose after Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/4 x 50 1/2 inches (102.2 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
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
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
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
A Fox Hunt
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
45 x 69 inches (114.3 x 175.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
ca. 1717
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/8 x 67 1/16 inches (127.3 x 170.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
The Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 48 1/2 inches (76.2 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers
Creator:
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:
between 1748 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 × 39 inches (104.1 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Anglers' Repast
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
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
Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch
Creator:
Attributed to David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
54 1/2 x 38 3/4 inches (138.4 x 98.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Grey Arab Stallion in a Desert Landscape
Creator:
John Boultbee, 1753–1812
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (69.2 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Bolton
Creator:
James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:
1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches (62.2 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare
Creator:
William Shaw, active 1758–1772
Date:
ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches (101.9 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Grey Spotted Hound
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
1738
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
Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
38 1/2 x 48 1/2 inches (97.8 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate
Creator:
Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 1/4 × 49 1/2 inches (87 × 125.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
A Horse Frightened by a Snake
Creator:
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 3/8 × 14 1/8 inches (28.9 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape
Creator:
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
37 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches (95.3 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
early 1760s
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Francis, second Earl of Godolphin
Creator:
Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:
1733
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 13 x 11 inches (62.2 x 33 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view

36. A Tigress

A Tigress
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 × 23 inches (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Amorous Sportsman
Creator:
Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in color and hand-colored
Dimensions:
Plate: 17 5/8 x 21 1/2in. (44.8 x 54.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cockney-Sportsmen Shooting-Flying
Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored etching, with etched borders
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.7 x 35.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cockney-Sportsmen finding a Hare
Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored etching, with etched borders
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.7 x 35.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fox-hunting [a pair]: 2. Four O'Clock in Town
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 14 1/2in. (28.6 x 36.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fox-Hunting [set of six]: 6. The Dinner
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
between 1787 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 20 3/8in. (39.4 x 51.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait: G. Stubbs, Animalium Pictor
Creator:
D. P. Pariset, born 1740, active in Britain from 1767
Date:
after 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (17.5 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lion and Snake
Creator:
Print made by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, etching, and roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/4 × 24 inches (48.9 × 61 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
A Hunting Piece in the Hunting Hall at Houghton
Creator:
Daniel Lerpiniere, c.1745–1785
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving with cartouche in center of publisher's line
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 23in. (43.2 x 58.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shooting, Plate II
Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving with etching, fifth state
Dimensions:
Image: 15 1/2 x 20 13/16in. (39.4 x 52.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shooting, Plate I
Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving and etching, fifth published state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 3/4in. (44.5 x 55.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shooting, Plate IV
Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving with etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 15/16in. (44.4 x 55.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shooting, Plate III
Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving with etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 15/16in. (44.4 x 55.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Death of the Fox
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 15 9/16 inches (27.9 x 39.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Ladies' Shooting Poney
Creator:
Engraved by unknown artist
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored mezzotint on wove paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
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
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
No cover image available
Creator:
Benjamin Green, ca. 1736–ca. 1800
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, third state
Dimensions:
Image: 16 1/4 x 21 11/16in. (41.3 x 55.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, second state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 23 3/8in. (48 x 59.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Figures by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 1/4in. (37.1 x 51.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection