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Prints and Drawings 945
Paintings and Sculpture 246

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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 187
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 79
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807 70
Seymour, James, 1702–1752 69
Munnings, Alfred J. (Alfred James), Sir, 1878–1959 48
Gwin, James, 1700–1769 47
Unknown artist 44
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980 28
Howitt, Samuel, 1756–1822 22
Willmore, James Tibbits, 1800–1863 22
Pollard, James, 1792–1867 21
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 20
Ward, James, 1769–1859 19
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815–1882 17
Bevan, Robert, 1865–1925 16
Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815 15
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 14
Wootton, John, approximately 1682–1764 14
Alken, Samuel Henry Gordon, 1810–1894 13
Edwards, Lionel Dalhousie Robertson, 1878–1966 13
Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878 13
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 12
Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775 12
Tambat, Gangaram Chintaman Navgire, active 1790s 12
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814 11
Herring, J. F. (John Frederick), 1795–1865 11
Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802–1873 11
Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855 11
Leech, John, 1817–1864 10
Turner, F. C. (Francis Calcraft), approximately 1782–1846 10

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 945
Not on view 226
On view 20

Image Use

Free to Use 1,020
Under Certain Circumstances 171

Image Available

available 1,115
unavailable 76

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 660
Paintings 197
Prints 195
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 71
Sculptures 36
Photographs 10
Ceramics 9
Posters 7
Painted Objects 4
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 1
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 1

Collective Title

Desseins Originaux des Attitudes Continuée dans L'École des Armes 47
Fourty-three Studies of Horses and Riders 43
Picturesque Views in England and Wales 42
The Poethlyn Sketchbook 26
Thirteen Drawings of Horses, Horsemen, Hounds, etc. 14
Twelve Portraits of Race Horses 12
Symptoms of Being Amused 9
The Keepsake 9
Eight Drawings of Hunting and Coaching 8
Four Studies of the Royal Stag 4
Hog Hunting 4
Huntsman and Hounds 4
Rogers's Poems 4
England / Scotland 1960 3
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 3
Lockhart's Life of Scott 2
Political Sketches 2
Studies for Decorations for the Cave of the Golden Calf 2
Subjects from the Liber Studiorum after J.M.W. Turner 2
Turner's Annual Tour- The Seine 2
Twelve Illustrations to Contemporary Life and Diversions 2
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798 1
A New Drawing Book principally consisting of Beasts in various Actions 1
Album of Original Sketches by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1
England /Scotland 1960 1
Frank B. Simson, Sport in Eastern Bengal 1
Scenes in the Life of Master George 1
Sketchbook: Lessons in Landscape Painting 1
Surtees' History of Durham 1
The Copper-Plate Magazine and The Itinerant 1

Period

19th century 531
18th century 314
20th century 153
18th century-19th century 112
19th century-20th century 38
17th century-18th century 16
17th century 15
15th century 1
21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

graphite 591
wove paper 504
watercolor 373
laid paper 277
pen 271
black ink 211
brown ink 209
painting (technique) 197
oil paint 185
canvas 147
gray wash 131
gouache 116
gray ink 114
line engraving 83
etching (printing process) 54
black chalk 45
red chalk 41
mezzotint 40
bronze 33
white gouache 29
brown wash 22
panel (wood) 22
aquatint 17
hand coloring 17
stipple engraving 17
gum arabic 15
lithography 13
chine collé 12
red ink 11
pens 10

Height [cm]

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Work Type

drawing 720
watercolor 492
painting 197
intaglio print 175
sculpture 37
statuette 32
planographic print 28
photograph 10
poster 7
photomechanical print 6
relief print 4
statue 3
cigar box 2
collage 2
buttons 1
letter box 1
miniature 1
misericord 1
screen (furniture) 1
snuff box 1

Genre

sporting art 1,191

landscape 309
animal art 182
genre subject 126
figure study 75
architectural subject 60
portrait 43
marine art 41
literary theme 20
cityscape 19
religious and mythological subject 14
historical subject 4
abstract art 3
military art 3
still life 1

Subject Terms

sporting art 800
men 372
horses (animals) 370
hunting 306
landscape 279
dogs (animals) 267
horseback riding 261
horseback riders 252
horse (animal) 226
hunters 206
animal art 199
trees 199
hunt 164
hounds (dogs) 161
fence 111
genre subject 105
man 104
field 87
jumping 80
horse racing 77
costume 76
figure study 71
jockeys 71
whip 68
jockey 63
animals 59
dog (animal) 59
fox hunting 58
equestrian 57
race (event) 56

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 137
England 136
Europe 96
Suffolk 24
Newmarket 15
Leicestershire 14
Surrey 14
London 12
India 9
Scotland 9
Thames 9
Asia 8
Epsom 8
Oxfordshire 8
Greater London 7
Berkshire 6
Blenheim Palace 6
Blenheim Park 6
Glyme 6
North Yorkshire 6
The Grand Bridge 6
Woodstock 6
Woodstock Gate 6
Yorkshire 6
Bourne 5
Gloucestershire 5
Nottinghamshire 5
Virginia Water 5
Virginia Water lake 5
Berkeley 4

Associated People

Zoffany, Johan Joseph (1733–1810), portrait painter 3
Asaf-ud-Daulah (1748–1797), nawab wazir of Oudh 2
Colonel Mordaunt (fl. 1786) 2
Day, John Barham (1793–1860), jockey and racehorse trainer 2
Humphry, Ozias (1742–1810), miniature and portrait painter 2
King Charles I 2
Mellon, Paul (1907–1999), philanthropist and art collector 2
Baird, George Alexander (1861–1893), race horse owner, breeder and amateur jockey 1
Bardoletti, Girolamo (unknown life dates), household servant to William Morgan from 1725 to at least 1732 1
Bright, John (1811–1889), politician, reformer, MP for Durham and Birmingham 1
Broughton, John (c.1703–1789), pugilist 1
Browne, Jemmet, Reverend (ca. 1703–1782) 1
Buckle, Francis [Frank] (c.1770–1832), jockey 1
Burgoyne, Roger, sixth baronet (1710–1780), MP for Bedfordshire 1
Carnac, John (1721–1800), army officer in the East India Company 1
Chamossaire (1942–1964), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1945 1
Clinton, Henry Fiennes Pelham-, ninth earl of Lincoln and second duke of Newcastle under Lyme (1720–1794), politician 1
Conolly, Thomas (1738–1803), politician 1
Corbet, John 1
Cribb, Tom (1781–1848) English bare-knuckle boxer 1
Duke of Wellington 1
Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby (1796–1861), MP, radical politician 1
Filley, Mrs. Oliver 1
Fitzpatrick, Dennis, jockey 1
Gisborne, Thomas (fl.1839), politician, MP 1
Gordon, George, fifth duke of Gordon (1770–1836), army office 1
Goring, Charles (1744–1829) 1
Graham, Thomas, Baron Lynedoch (1748–1843), army officer 1
Grey, Henry George, 3rd Earl Grey (1802 - 1894), Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Lieutenant 1
Hindley, Charles (1796–1857), MP for Ashton-under-Lyne 1835–1857 1

Exhibition History

The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 71
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) 36
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 25
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 15
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 14
Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 14
Sojourn at Home: Sporting Paintings from the Paul Mellon Bequest at the Yale Center for British Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2002-10-04 - 2003-03-28) 12
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15) 11
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) 11
Thrill of the 'Chace: Steeplechasing in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2020-09-09 - 2021-03-22) 11
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22) 10
Reflections on a Life with Horses : Paintings by Sir Alfred Munnings from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-01 - 2008-04-01) 10
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05) 9
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15) 9
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06) 9
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 8
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06) 8
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07) 8
Paintings on Loan to The Trustees' Room Belmont Park from the English Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Belmont Park, 1968 - 1968) 8
Sidesaddle, 1690-1935 (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2018-09-07 - 2019-03-24) 8
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 7
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 7
George Stubbs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015-03-23 - 2015-11-13) 7
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 7
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 7
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 7
Side - by - Side with Gun and Dog (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2015-09-25 - 2016-04-03) 7
Summer Exhibition (National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, 1988-07-14 - 1988-10-15) 7
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10) 7
Red Letter Days - British Sporting Art of the 18th and 19th Centuries (Sweetbriar College Art Galleries, 1990-11-09 - 1991-02-10) 6

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1,097
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 22
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Sporting Art Collection 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields 4
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brooke Allen and Peter Aaron 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall 3
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 2
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 2
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Lucia Chase Ewing in memory of Alexander Smith Cochran 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Sunderman Hoerner 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Vandebilt, Vanderbilt Collection, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas F. Brady, Yale 1952 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stanley J. Halle, Yale BA 1912, in memory of His Parents Jacques S. and Hattie S. Halle, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan Boyd-Bowman, Yale BA 1971 1
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1

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John Constable, 1776–1837

Horse and Cart

ca. 1814
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Two Gentlemen Shooting

ca. 1769
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting

1768
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

ca. 1767
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Repose after Shooting

1770
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

ca. 1766
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Lustre, held by a Groom

ca. 1762
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Studies for or after "The third Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt"

late 1750s
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Foxhound

ca. 1760
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Foxhound

ca. 1760
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the... [Read more]

ca. 1760
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Freeman, the Earl of Clarendon's Gamekeeper, with a Dying Doe and Hound

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Moving Up to Challenge

1963
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Arab Horsemen, One Brown and One Gray Horse

1965
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Arab Horsemen, Two Grey Horses

1965
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

One of Burch's

1974
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Key to the Mint

1974
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Key to the Mint

1974
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Double Form

ca. 1970
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mares and Foals

1978
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

El Cordobes

1965
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing - Hanging to the Left

1975
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Chamossaire

1965
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

The York Trophy

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Ackermann-Skeaping Trophy

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

Running Greyhound

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Key to the Mint

1971
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

El Rejoneador

1964
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing Group

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Lucky Boy

1975
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Lester Piggott

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Turning to Go Down

1976
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Under Pressure

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

Greyhound

ca. 1978
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Turned Loose

1964
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Over the Bank, Exmoor

ca. 1895
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Huntsman and Hounds

ca. 1896
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Sale at Ward's Repository, No. 2

ca. 1918
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Kill

undated

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