Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Richard Barrett Davis, 1782–1854, British

Title:
George Mountford, Huntsman to the Quorn, and W. Derry, Whipper-In, at John O'Gaunt's Gorse, near Melton Mowbray
Date:
1836
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Support (PTG): 28 1/2 x 35 3/4 inches (72.4 x 90.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "R. B. Davis | 1836"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.214
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
dogs (animals) | horses (animals) | brown | red | men | hunting | grass
Associated Places:
Leicestershire | United Kingdom | England | Melton Mowbray
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Chronicle of the Horse in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2016-08-26 - 2017-04-26)

Publications:
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. 79 (v.1), no. 278, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA) Also available on Microfiche: Fiche B214 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850, collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon. , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 188 (v.1), no. 360, pl. 70, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Claudia P. Pfeiffer, Chronicle of the Horse in art, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, Virginia, 2016, pp. 3,34-35, 110 [fn 46], pl. 10, N7668.H6 P44 2016 (YCBA)

Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:724