- Title:
Portrait of a sportsman, possibly Robert Rayner
- Former Title(s):
?Robert Rayner Shooting
Gentleman out Shooting with his Dog
- Date:
- ca. 1770
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- Support (PTG): 41 x 33 1/2 inches (104.1 x 85.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Possibly signed, lower right, but obscured by retouching.
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.90
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B2001.2.90FR
- Subject Terms:
- dog (animal) | figure study | hunting | rifles | sporting art
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42749
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867: A Catalogue, The Paul Mellon Collection , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, pp. 135-136, no. 129, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 67 (v.1), no. 245, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA) Also available on Microfiche: Fiche B214 (YCBA)
Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 52, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965. , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 56 (v.1), no. 209, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)