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Exhibition History:
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 279, no. 81, pl. 81, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)John Baskett, The horse in art, Little Brown, Boston, 1980, p. 106, Folio AN 51 (YCBA)John Baskett, The horse in art, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 2006, pp. 130-131, N7668 H6 B37 2006 (YCBA)Christie's Sale Catalogue : Important English Pictures : Friday, 18 March 1977, Christie's, March 18, 1977, pp. 20-21, lot. 35, pl. 35, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)Frank Davis, Translation in Visual Language, Country Life, vol. 162, 14 July 1977, p. 71, S3 C68 162:1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Dorcas Macclintock, Ben Marshall's horse sense : Muly Moloch enjoyed a prominent place in the late Paul Mellon's private collection, Equine Images, Summer, 2001, pp. 71-74, V 2531 (YCBA)Huon Mallalieu, Sale of Race Horse Painting for £55,000 Emphasizes Popularity of Ben Marshall, The Times (London), London, 19 March 1977, p.16, Available online: Times Digital Archive Also available on Microfilm: Film An T482 (SML)Aubrey Noakes, Ben Marshall, 1767-1835, F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-Sea, 1978, p. 37, no. 79, NJ18 M3843 A12 N63 + (YCBA)Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 3, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Duncan Robinson, At home to sporting art : the Brick House, Essays of Friends of British Sporting Art, no. 33, The British Sporting Art Trust, Summer 1997, p. 5, N8250 .B751 (YCBA)Walter Shaw Sparrow, British sporting artists from Barlow to Herring, Scribner, London New York, 1922, p. 178, ND1385 S6 (YCBA) +Walter Shaw Sparrow, George Stubbs and Ben Marshall, v. 2, Cassell Scribner, London New York, 1929, pp. 52-3, NJ18 St915 S73 1929 (YCBA) +The Yale Center for British Art, An Anniversary Celebration of Paul Mellon's Great Legacy , Apollo, April 2007, p. 64, fig. 5, N5220 M552 A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA) Appeared as April 2007 issue of Apollo;; all of the articles may also be found in bound Apollo Volume [N1 A54 165:2 +]Angus Trumble, Diversions of the Field, Apollo, v. 165, no. 542, April 2007, pp. 63,64, fig. 5, N1 A54 + (YCBA)Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 84, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
Muly Moloch, the chestnut racehorse pictured here, was foaled in 1798. After some wins he was beaten in a race at Newmarket in 1803 and retired. He was bred and owned by the Earl of Darlington, who commissioned this painting from Benjamin Marshall, the leading horse painter following the decline of the aging George Stubbs. The “Muly” part of the horse’s name presumably came from “mule,” and “Moloch” is a reference to the ancient god who demanded human sacrifices. This hints at a mean streak, which is borne out by the horse’s uncooperative demeanor in the portrait. Marshall captures the restlessness of the horse, whose heart is still racing after the contest and for whom the brushing, scraping, and rubbing down are disturbing. The men engaged in a discussion on the left are all portraits of Darlington’s employees: Trotter, a farmer; Hardy, his trainer; and Thompson, a gardener.\n\n Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016