Thomas Spencer, 1700–1753, British, Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche, ca. 1750
- Title:
- Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- Support (PTG): 39 x 52 3/4 inches (99.1 x 134 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black paint, lower left: "T. Spener pinx. | [17...] [date hidden by frame]"
Inscribed in black paint, lower left: "Scipio a horse of | Colonel. Roche."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.109
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B2001.2.109FR
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | animals | breeches | bridle | colonel | dogs (animals) | equestrians | field | horses (animals) | hounds (dogs) | hunting | men | pasture | redingote (overcoat) | riding boots | rural | saddle | saddle cloths | waistcoat
- Access:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
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The Chronicle of the Horse in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2016-08-26 - 2017-04-26)
- Publications:
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Elizabeth Einberg, The age of Hogarth, British painters born 1675-1709 , vol. 2, Tate Gallery, London, 1988, p. 214, ND466 T38 1988 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Claudia P. Pfeiffer, Chronicle of the Horse in art, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, Virginia, 2016, pp. 3, 44-45, 110 [fn 52], pl. 15, N7668.H6 P44 2016 (YCBA)
Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 48, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42615
- Export:
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