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Paintings and Sculpture 254

Creator

Skeaping, John, 1901–1980 29
Haseltine, Herbert, 1877–1962 21
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 20
Unknown artist 19
Pullan, Tessa, 1953– 11
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737–1823 8
Cheere, John, 1709–1787 7
Rysbrack, John Michael, 1694–1770 7
Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781–1841 5
Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762 5
Armitage, Kenneth, 1916–2002 4
Boehm, Joseph Edgar, 1834–1890 4
Butler, Reg, 1913–1981 4
Farnham, John, born 1942 4
Gibson, John, 1790–1866 4
Jones, Adrian, 1845–1938 4
Chadwick, Lynn, 1914–2003 3
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748–1828 3
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903–1975 3
Lyons, Michael, 1943–2019 3
Scheemakers, Peter Gaspar, 1691–1781 3
Wyon, Edward William, 1811–1885 3
Adams, Robert, 1917–1984 2
Anderson, Hurvin 2
Baily, Edward Hodges, 1788–1867 2
Bell, Niki, 1959– 2
Caro, Anthony, Sir, 1924–2013 2
Chuke, Michael, 1679–1742 2
Coade’s, Artificial Stone Manufactory, 1769–1840 2
Foley, John Henry, 1818–1874 2

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Not on view 239
On view 15

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 150
Free to Use 104

Image Available

available 252
unavailable 2

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 4

Classification

Sculptures 254

Collective Title

Period

20th century 132
19th century 47
18th century 45
21st century 18
18th century-19th century 4
17th century 3
15th century 2
19th century-20th century 1
20th century-21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

bronze 135
marble 36
wood 17
terracotta 15
plaster 9
steel 9
lead 8
acrylic paint 4
glass 4
gilded 3
welding 3
alabaster 2
birds 2
bronzed 2
cardboard 2
coade stone 2
electrotyping 2
gold 2
ivory 2
leather 2
limestone 2
limewood 2
plastic 2
resin 2
stone 2
wax 2
Arborite TM 1
Carrara marble 1
Formica (TM) 1
Portland stone 1

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

sculpture 240
statuette 116
bust 48
statue 18
medallion 10
maquette 4
herm 3
high relief 3
bench 2
low relief 2
waxwork (sculpture) 2
altarpiece 1
bozzetto/sketch 1
cake 1
miniature 1
misericord 1
overmantel 1
painting 1
tableau 1

Genre

portrait 82
abstract art 60
animal art 38
sporting art 36
figure study 34
religious and mythological subject 19
genre subject 5
still life 3
architectural subject 1
literary theme 1

Subject Terms

portrait 83
abstract art 60
man 57
animal art 56
horse (animal) 45
figure study 33
sporting art 21
woman 20
religious and mythological subject 19
nude 13
child 10
mother 9
genre subject 8
horses (animals) 8
dog (animal) 7
jockey 7
politician 7
foal 6
figures 5
head 5
horse racing 5
boy 4
bull 4
face 4
figure 4
girl 4
king (person) 4
medallion 4
philosopher 4
poet 4

Subject Period

Associated Places

India 1

Associated People

Locke, John (1632–1704), philosopher 4
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 3
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), natural philosopher and mathematician 3
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), poet 3
Saint George (c. 275/281–303) 3
Calmady, Miss Emily (1818–1906), daughter of Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall, Devonshire 2
Calmady, Miss Laura Anne (1820–1894), daughter of Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall, Devonshire 2
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician 2
Hercules 2
Mellon, Paul (1907–1999), philanthropist and art collector 2
William III and II (1650–1702), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and prince of Orange 2
Addington, Anthony (1713–1790), physician 1
Ailesbury, Lady, [Caroline Conway (1721–1803) 1
Apollo 1
Archangel Michael 1
Ariadne 1
Baskett, John, English art dealer and advisor to Paul Mellon 1
Burke, Edmund (1729/30–1797), politician and author 1
Chamossaire (1942–1964), British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1945 1
Chronos 1
Cleopatra VII Philopator (late 69 BC–30 BC), last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt 1
Congreve, William (1670–1729), playwright and poet 1
Cupid 1
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection 1
Dawson, Thomas, 1st Baron Dartrey (later 1st Viscount Cremorne), 1725–1813 1
Duquesnoy, Francois (1594–1643), sculptor/medallist, painter/draughtsman 1
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) 1
Eve 1
Fountaine, Sir Andrew (1676–1753), art collector 1
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) 1

Exhibition History

Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 46
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 22
Entrance Court 2003-4 (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-03-01 - 2004-09-07) 21
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18) 17
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 16
20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 14
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 14
Art in Focus : William III (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-04-08 - 2011-07-31) 5
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 5
Figuring Women - The Female in Modern British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-03-28 - 2008-06-08) 4
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19) 3
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 3
Art in Focus : St Ives Abstraction (Yale Center for British Art, 2013-04-12 - 2013-09-29) 2
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 2
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Waddesdon (NT), 2014-06-18 - 2014-10-26) 2
Island: Arts from Ireland (The Kennedy Center, 2000-05-12 - 2000-05-28) 2
Lynn Chadwick (Edwin Austin Abbey, 1998-01-22 - 1998-03-08) 2
Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29) 2
Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14) 2
The World of Alexander Pope (Yale Center for British Art, 1988-04-08 - 1988-05-29) 2
A Selective Eye - Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Susan Morse Hilles (Yale University Art Gallery, 1993-12-10 - 1994-03-06) 1
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) 1
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11) 1
Bill Brandt | Henry Moore (Yale Center for British Art, 2022-11-17 - 2023-02-26) 1
Damien Hirst (Tate Modern, 2012-04-05 - 2012-09-09) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12) 1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 124
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 36
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962 9
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Solomon A. Smith II, Solomon Byron Smith and Barbara Neff Smith Collection 4
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas Pritzker 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brigitte Graneau 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Miss Jessica Turner through the National Art-Collections Fund 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. and Mr. Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Priseman Seabrook Collection 3
Yale Center for British Art, Director's Discretionary Fund 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brian P. Burns 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gerald W. and Jean W. Bush 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon VeneKlasen 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Henry Moore 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson Ltd. 2
Yale Center for British Art, Iola S. Haverstick Fund 2
Yale Center for British Art, Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948, Fund 2
Yale Center for British Art, Acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk, the Director's Discretionary Fund, and the Friends of British Art Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Adam R. Rose, Class of 1981, and Peter R. McQuillan 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eva and Glenn Dubin 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gabriel Catone (Yale College '95) in memory of Jay Tobler (Yale College '89) 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gail and Michael Klebanoff in honor of Arthur M. Klebanoff, Yale BA 1969, and Susan J. Klebanoff, Yale BA 1974 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Helena M. Segy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ivor Braka in honor of Patrick McCaughey, Director, 1996-2001 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joanna W. and Robert A. Martin, Class of 1954 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Baskett 1

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John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Foxhound

1971
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Greyhound

1976
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing Greyhounds

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mill Reef

1973
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Fort Marcy

1973
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Indian Rhinoceros

Cast 1990 (original model 1915)
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Poodle

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Greyhound

ca. 1978
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Running Greyhound

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mare and Foal

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mares and Foals

1978
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

El Cordobes

1965
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

The Racehorse Zanzibar with Pug Dog of the same

1962
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Chamossaire

1965
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Double Form

ca. 1970
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Lucky Boy

1975
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

Turned Loose

1964
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Key to the Mint

1971
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Filly Foal

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

El Rejoneador

1964
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing Group

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Arab Stallion

1968
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Shirley Heights

1978
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing - Hanging to the Left

1975
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Lester Piggott

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Ackermann-Skeaping Trophy

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

The York Trophy

1977
unknown artist

Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., (1769-1830)

ca. 1830
Edward Hodges Baily, 1788–1867

Edward Hodges

1820
Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, 1781–1841

William Howley, Bishop of London (1766-1848)

1821
Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, 1781–1841

Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh

1821
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823

Venus

1770s
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823

Adonis

1770s
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823

William Pitt

1807
Attributed to John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712

John Locke

ca. 1700
Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, 1781–1841

Reverend John Horne Tooke

1811
John Cheere, 1709–1787

Sir Isaac Newton

ca. 1750
John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712

William III

ca. 1700 or ca. 1750

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