Genre: sporting art / Subject Terms: horses (animals) and horse racing

1. Racing Group

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 11 7/8 x 33 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (30.2 x 85.1 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Racing - Hanging to the Left

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1975
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 1/4 x 27 x 11 inches (31.1 x 68.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. 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

5. A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded over)

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and colored washes on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 17 inches (34 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 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

7. Walking Up to the Start

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 4 11/16 inches (15.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. "Scraps", no 17: Racing, Three Horses with Jockeys Up Galloping to Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 inches (16.7 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Saddling Enclosure, Epsom

Creator:: James Barenger, 1780–after 1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 12 11/16 inches (25.7 × 32.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Match at Newmarket

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 7 3/8 inches (9 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Three Racehorses with Jockeys Up Galloping in a Group to Left

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 17 3/4 inches (27.1 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. 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

13. Before the Start: Jockey on Racehorse Receiving Triner's Instructions (one of a pair)

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 17 1/16 inches (27.5 × 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. After the Race: Owner or Trainer Riding and Conversing with Jockey on Trainer's Hack; at Right, a Racehouse Being Watered and Rugged after Racing (one of pair)

After the Race: Owner or Trainer Riding and Conversing with Jockey on Trainer's Hack; at Right, a Racehouse Being Watered and Rugged after Racing (one of pair)

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 11/16 inches (27.3 × 42.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The St. Leger, Doncaster: Preparing to Start

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 5/16 inches (27.3 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Two Horses Racing, Jockeys Up: Railings in the Background

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 12 13/16 inches (20.3 × 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Race Meeting (Weighing In)

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, red ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 7/16 inches (21 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Steeplechasing: The Start

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 6 1/8 inches (25.2 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. Steeplechasing: Five Riders Galloping Right

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 1/8 inches (25.1 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Steeplechasing: Two Riders Taking a Wooden Fence

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (27 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping Into and Out of a Lane

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige 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

32. Two Jockeys Galloping Neck and Neck to Right

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 3/4 inches (22.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Steeplechasing: The Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly 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

34. Racehorses at Exercise, Possibly at Newmarket

Creator:: Gilbert Joseph Holiday, 1879 –1937
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/4 × 5 13/16 inches (8.3 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Racing: Two Racehorses With Jockeys up, Galloping to the Right

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 17 1/4 inches (27 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Racing: a Match in Progress

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (16.8 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Dosing a Racehorse

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, graphite, gray wash and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 1/8 × 12 15/16 inches (30.8 × 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Horses Going Up For the Start of a Race

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 15 5/8 inches (15.7 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. 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

40. Point-to-Point Racing

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, charcoal, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 9 15/16 inches (13.8 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. `Now then! Are you ready?'

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: 1905
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, pen and black ink and gouache on smooth, moderately thick, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 75 1/4 inches (18.1 × 191.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Racing Scene: three racehorses with jockeys up

Creator:: Tessa Pullan, born 1953
Date:: 1994
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 22 3/4 inches (39.4 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Race Meeting at Newmarket Heath

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1671
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 16 1/2 inches (24.1 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. The Horse Race at Rome During the Carnival

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 3/8 x 22 5/16 inches (39.1 x 56.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Racing Group

2. Racing - Hanging to the Left

3. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

4. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

5. A Morning at Tattersalls (with further sketches in left margin folded over)

6. Newmarket - Pulling Up

7. Walking Up to the Start

8. "Scraps", no 17: Racing, Three Horses with Jockeys Up Galloping to Right

9. The Saddling Enclosure, Epsom

10. A Match at Newmarket

11. Three Racehorses with Jockeys Up Galloping in a Group to Left

12. Steeplechasing: Three Riders Taking a Brook

13. Before the Start: Jockey on Racehorse Receiving Triner's Instructions (one of a pair)

14. After the Race: Owner or Trainer Riding and Conversing with Jockey on Trainer's Hack; at Right, a Racehouse Being Watered and Rugged after Racing (one of pair)

15. The St. Leger, Doncaster: Preparing to Start

16. The St. Leger, Doncaster: The Finish

17. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

18. Two Horses Racing, Jockeys Up: Railings in the Background

19. A Race Meeting (Weighing In)

20. Steeplechasing: The Start

21. Steeplechasing: The Field Coming up to a Ditch

22. Steeplechasing: Five Riders Galloping Right

23. Steeplechasing: Two Riders Taking a Wooden Fence

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

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

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

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

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

29. The Race

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

31. Steeplechasing: The Field Jumping Into and Out of a Lane

32. Two Jockeys Galloping Neck and Neck to Right

33. Steeplechasing: The Finish

34. Racehorses at Exercise, Possibly at Newmarket

35. Racing: Two Racehorses With Jockeys up, Galloping to the Right

36. Racing: a Match in Progress

37. Dosing a Racehorse

38. Horses Going Up For the Start of a Race

39. Racing Scene

40. Point-to-Point Racing

41. `Now then! Are you ready?'

42. Racing Scene: three racehorses with jockeys up

43. A Race Meeting at Newmarket Heath

44. The Horse Race at Rome During the Carnival