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 / Work Type: painting / Subject Terms: horses (animals) - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

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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)

Genre sporting art

Work Type painting

Subject Terms horses (animals)

1. Preparing for the Hunt

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

2. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

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

3. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Bifrons Park, Kent

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

8. The Death of the Hare

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