Period: 19th century / Genre: sporting art / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. River with Angler

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 5/16 inches (27.9 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. 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

4. Tyrolese Hunters

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1827 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on heavy card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 1/8 inches (27.9 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Sportsman and His Dogs

Creator:: Patrick Nasmyth, 1787–1831
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with scratching out over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 16 1/2 inches (31.4 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Hounds and Hunters Attacking Deer

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 17 1/8 inches (28.9 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Eton Boat on the Towpath of the Thames: Windsor Castle in Background

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches (31.8 x 78.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. I am not learned in Vaccine Matters - but I think those look like Charley's Calves

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 28 7/8 inches (54.6 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Hastings Races

Creator:: George Bryant Campion, 1796–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 17 7/8in. (26.5 x 45.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Two Hunters and Two Dogs in Winter Scene

Creator:: Thomas Sully, 1783–1872
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 1/2 inches (11.1 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. Pheasant defying Hunters

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 4 3/16 inches (7.6 × 10.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

16. Doctor Syntax loses his Money on the Race Ground at York

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and pen and red-brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 6 13/16 inches (11 x 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Mr. Hawks thinks he had Better Turn Back

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 7in. (10.8 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Man in an enclosed Carriage being pulled by a Horse with a Rider

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (14.6 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Too Late for the Meet, c. 1860: a Lady on horseback greeting a Man who is alighting from a gig

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (16.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Earl of Lonsdale's Hound Van arriving at a Meet of the Cottesmore Hunt, March 22, 1809

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 12 5/8in. (18.1 x 32.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Ootacamund Hunt Meeting at Mr. Chalmers' House at Gindy, Madras, 1845

Creator:: Justinian Gantz, 1802–1862
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 20 1/8 inches (32.7 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Tiger at Bay: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (35.9 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Hunting Doctor

Creator:: Attributed to John Leech, 1817–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 10 × 16 5/8 inches (25.4 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Shooting Party: Lord Ossulston, Mr. W. Wells, Lord Abercorn and Sir E. Landseer

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (24.1 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. "By - he'll get to the Earth..."

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. "Topping a Park fence and doing the thing easy"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Leicestershire Hunt - The First Ten Minutes - Shaking off the Cocktails

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 × 22 1/8 inches (22.9 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Leicestershire Hunt - Symptoms of a Skurry in a Pewy Country

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink, and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 22 11/16 inches (23.3 × 57.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Leicestershire Hunt - The Death

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 1/2 inches (23.5 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Grouse Shooting: The Wrong Sort

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (21.6 × 27.3 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. Hereford Boar

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 3/16 inches (12.5 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. 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

34. Huntsman with Hounds

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige 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

35. Going at a Rank of Hurdles with Temper and Resolution

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Foxhunting: The Meet

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 26 7/8 inches (24 × 68.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Foxhunting: Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 26 15/16 inches (23.8 × 68.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Foxhunting: The Death

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 26 15/16 inches (24.3 × 68.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. 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

40. Foxhunting: The Start

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 26 13/16 inches (24.1 × 68.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Grouse Shooting: The Right Sort

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and red ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 13/16 inches (21.6 × 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. "The Cover Hack"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Barnett Fair, putting him through his paces

Creator:: Joseph Crawhall, 1861–1913
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (25.1 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Hunting Scene: The Meet

Creator:: possibly John Frederick Tayler, 1802–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 13/16 inches (10.3 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting into a Difficulty

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1848 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 11/16 inches (19.2 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Drawing for "Specimens of Riding Near London:" Fancy - View Near Gray's Inn Road

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1809 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 7/8 inches (16 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Morning Ride

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: between 1822 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 inches (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Dismounted Rider Breaking Open a Fence for Foxhounds to Pass Through

Creator:: John Frederick Tayler, 1802–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 3/16 inches (17.3 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. "You're Not Going to Follow, Belle, Are You?"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 21 15/16 inches (40.6 × 55.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Sporting Parson: "A Find- and Our Parson Just Follows a Little, to See How His Dear Brethren Behave Themselves"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor, and white gouavhe on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray-brown, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 3/4 inches (27.1 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. Gone Away

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 13 3/16 inches (23.3 × 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Topping a Flight of Rails...'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 3/4 inches (20.8 × 27.3 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. Foxhunting: Full Cry

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 12 3/8 inches (23.7 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Foxhunting: The Leap

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 12 1/2 inches (23.7 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Foxhunting: The Toast

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 12 3/8 inches (23.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Retrieving a Rabbit

Creator:: Edwin Gill, active 1810, died 1868
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 13 7/16 inches (27.5 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Woodcock Shooting

Creator:: Edwin Gill, active 1810, died 1868
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (27.3 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Grouse Shooting

Creator:: Edwin Gill, active 1810, died 1868
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 7/16 inches (27 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. "The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers Before the Magistrates

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 3/4 × 17 5/8 inches (32.4 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Foxhunting: Near the Death

Creator:: Edwin W. Cooper of Beccles, 1785–1833
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 19 3/16 inches (32.1 × 48.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Deerhound and Bitch Cornering a Stag at the Edge of a Woodland Pool

Creator:: Newton Limbird Smith Fielding, 1799–1856
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum arabic, gouache, pen and brown ink, and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 17 3/16 inches (28.3 × 43.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. A Meet at Bachelors' Hall in the Vale of Neath, Wales

Creator:: Thomas Horner, 1785–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 9 13/16 × 17 15/16 inches (24.9 × 45.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. 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

71. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 13 15/16 inches (24.3 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. How to Vault in the Saddle

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 x 10 3/4 inches (33 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. "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

74. Wrestling

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (29.5 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Studies of Anglers

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 8 3/16 inches (12.4 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Horse and Rider seen from the Rear

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 10 inches (27 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Going Out in the Morning: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/16 inches (29.8 × 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Hunting a Hog-Deer: plate 24 for "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, blue ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 × 17 inches (29.7 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. The Close of the Season

Creator:: John Leech, 1817–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 3/4in. (16.2 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Epsom

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (8.9 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Hunting Accident

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and red ink with brown wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 inches (18.4 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The Sporting Parson: "The Sporting Parson at the Meet(ing) of His 'Dear Brethren' "

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 inches (27.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. "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

84. The Sporting Parson: "He Joins to Cheer Them on Hallelujah!!!!"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 13/16 inches (27.3 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Two Riders and a Couple of Hounds Clearing a Wall

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 13 3/16 inches (23.2 × 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. A Cock-Fight Watched by Four Men in an Out-House: The Fight, Engraved as Plate 39 in "The National Sports of Great Britain"

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and blue ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/4 × 13 11/16 inches (24.8 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. "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

88. Wild Duck Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (22.2 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Full Cry

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 5/8 inches (22.2 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Gone Away

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 10 11/16 inches (22.1 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. The Sporting Parson: "Why Hang - I Mean Bless Me! If They Haven't Run into Him in My Own Churchyard!"

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, watercolor and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, gray-green, 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

92. The Death

Creator:: Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 10 11/16 inches (21.9 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Two Riders Jumping a Wooden Fence

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

94. A Groom Leading a Bay Horse

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 5/16 inches (25.2 × 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. '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

96. 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

97. Steeplechasing: Four Riders Taking a Ditch and an Oxer

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 16 3/16 inches (25.2 × 41.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping in and Out of a Lane

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (26.7 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Steeplechasing: The Field taking a Stone Wall and Gate

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 5/8 inches (26.8 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. 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

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1. River with Angler

2. Game Keeper and Boy Ferreting a Rabbit

3. Brighton Races

4. Tyrolese Hunters

5. Sportsman and His Dogs

6. Hounds and Hunters Attacking Deer

7. The Eton Boat on the Towpath of the Thames: Windsor Castle in Background

8. I am not learned in Vaccine Matters - but I think those look like Charley's Calves

9. Hastings Races

10. Square in the Village of Los Silos, Tenerife

11. Archers Stalking a Stag

12. Retriever with Hare in Its Mouth

13. Two Hunters and Two Dogs in Winter Scene

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

15. Pheasant defying Hunters

16. Doctor Syntax loses his Money on the Race Ground at York

17. Mr. Hawks thinks he had Better Turn Back

18. A Man in an enclosed Carriage being pulled by a Horse with a Rider

19. Too Late for the Meet, c. 1860: a Lady on horseback greeting a Man who is alighting from a gig

20. The Earl of Lonsdale's Hound Van arriving at a Meet of the Cottesmore Hunt, March 22, 1809

21. The Ootacamund Hunt Meeting at Mr. Chalmers' House at Gindy, Madras, 1845

22. The Tiger at Bay: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

23. The Hunting Doctor

24. A Shooting Party: Lord Ossulston, Mr. W. Wells, Lord Abercorn and Sir E. Landseer

25. "By - he'll get to the Earth..."

26. "Topping a Park fence and doing the thing easy"

27. The Leicestershire Hunt - The First Ten Minutes - Shaking off the Cocktails

28. The Leicestershire Hunt - Symptoms of a Skurry in a Pewy Country

29. The Leicestershire Hunt - The Death

30. Grouse Shooting: The Wrong Sort

31. The Famous Childers

32. Hereford Boar

33. A Dangerous Leap

34. Huntsman with Hounds

35. Going at a Rank of Hurdles with Temper and Resolution

36. Foxhunting: The Meet

37. Foxhunting: Full Cry

38. Foxhunting: The Death

39. The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start

40. Foxhunting: The Start

41. Grouse Shooting: The Right Sort

42. "The Cover Hack"

43. Barnett Fair, putting him through his paces

44. Hunting Scene: The Meet

45. "Some Do and Some Don't: It is All a Notion:" Getting into a Difficulty

46. Drawing for "Specimens of Riding Near London:" Fancy - View Near Gray's Inn Road

47. Morning Ride

48. Dismounted Rider Breaking Open a Fence for Foxhounds to Pass Through

49. "You're Not Going to Follow, Belle, Are You?"

50. The Sporting Parson: "A Find- and Our Parson Just Follows a Little, to See How His Dear Brethren Behave Themselves"

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

52. Ralph John Lambton on His Hunter, "Undertaker"

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

54. Gone Away

55. Full Cry

56. Steeplechasing: The Field Coming up to a Ditch

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

58. "Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" 'Topping a Flight of Rails...'

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

60. Foxhunting: Full Cry

61. Foxhunting: The Leap

62. Foxhunting: The Toast

63. Retrieving a Rabbit

64. Woodcock Shooting

65. Grouse Shooting

66. "The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers Before the Magistrates

67. Foxhunting: Near the Death

68. Deerhound and Bitch Cornering a Stag at the Edge of a Woodland Pool

69. A Meet at Bachelors' Hall in the Vale of Neath, Wales

70. The St. Leger, Doncaster: The Finish

71. Pheasant Shooting

72. How to Vault in the Saddle

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