Genre: sporting art / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: spectators

1. Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester

Creator:: William Tasker, 1808–1852
Date:: ca. 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 29 5/8 inches (49.5 x 75.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Memnon, with William Scott Up

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 9/16 x 33 1/4 inches (67.5 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Houghton Meeting, Newmarket, 1913

Creator:: Sir John Lavery, 1856–1941
Date:: 1913
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

4. 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

5. An Extensive View of the Oxford Races

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (63.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Hunting Scene: The Meet

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 113 1/4 x 127 1/8 inches (287.7 x 322.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches (54.6 x 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Epsom Races: The Race Over

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. The Derby Pets: The Winner

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: between 1840 and 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (32.4 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket

Creator:: Henry Bernard Chalon, 1771–1849
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/2 × 43 1/4 inches (77.5 × 109.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Point-to-Point Meeting

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1920
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 1/8 inches (50.8 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. A Country Amusement - Bull Baiting

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (16.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Race

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, gray/green, wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 1/16 × 14 inches (12.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Galloping to Right, Mounted Spectators in Background

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. 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

22. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 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

24. Racing Scene

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 9/16 × 15 15/16 inches (29.4 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Three Racehorses Approaching the Winning Post

Creator:: William Lock II, 1767–1847
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 16 inches (26 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Fist Fight, With the Prince Regent Among the Spectators

Creator:: George Dance, 1741–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 16 3/4 inches (28.4 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. "Scraps", No. 28: Skittle Alley With Players and Spectators

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 9 5/16 inches (17.3 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Horse Race at Rome During the Carnival

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Scotland

Creator:: Bruce Davidson, born 1933
Date:: 1960
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall

30. Newmarket - Pulling Up

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: 1933
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.6 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester

2. Memnon, with William Scott Up

3. Houghton Meeting, Newmarket, 1913

4. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

5. An Extensive View of the Oxford Races

6. Hunting Scene: The Meet

7. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

8. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

9. The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket

10. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

11. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

12. Epsom Races: The Race Over

13. The Derby Pets: The Winner

14. Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket

15. Point-to-Point Meeting

16. A Country Amusement - Bull Baiting

17. The Race

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

19. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Galloping to Right, Mounted Spectators in Background

20. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook, Spectators on Right

21. The St. Leger, Doncaster: The Finish

22. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook

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

24. Racing Scene

25. Three Racehorses Approaching the Winning Post

26. A Fist Fight, With the Prince Regent Among the Spectators

27. "Scraps", No. 28: Skittle Alley With Players and Spectators

28. The Horse Race at Rome During the Carnival

29. Scotland

30. Newmarket - Pulling Up