Materials & Techniques: oil paint / Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: spectators

1. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket

Creator:: Henry Bernard Chalon, 1771–1849
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/2 × 43 1/4 inches (77.5 × 109.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches (64.1 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 113 1/4 x 127 1/8 inches (287.7 x 322.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches (54.6 x 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Derby Pets: The Winner

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: between 1840 and 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (32.4 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Hunting Scene: The Meet

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 1/4 inches (45.7 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Point-to-Point Meeting

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1920
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 1/8 inches (50.8 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 × 49 1/2 inches (87 × 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. An Extensive View of the Oxford Races

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (63.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 49 inches (67.6 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Memnon, with William Scott Up

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 9/16 x 33 1/4 inches (67.5 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. The Wolverhampton Racecourse

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 x 33 inches (58.4 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843

Creator:: William Tasker, 1808–1852
Date:: ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 3/8 x 71 1/2 inches (87.3 x 181.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester

Creator:: William Tasker, 1808–1852
Date:: ca. 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 29 5/8 inches (49.5 x 75.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Study for Cloutsham Farm, Exmoor (`The Devon and Somerset')

Creator:: Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, 1870–1935
Date:: 1925
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches (47 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Houghton Meeting, Newmarket, 1913

Creator:: Sir John Lavery, 1856–1941
Date:: 1913
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. A Boat Race on the River Isis, Oxford

Creator:: John Whessell, 1760–ca. 1823
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 22 1/4 inches (40.6 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (26.7 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Scenes from a steeplechase: Near the Finish

2. Scenes from a steeplechase: Taking a Hedge

3. Quiz, After His Last Race at Newmarket

4. Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance

5. The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket

6. Epsom Races: The Betting Post

7. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

8. The Derby Pets: The Winner

9. Hunting Scene: The Meet

10. Point-to-Point Meeting

11. The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate

12. An Extensive View of the Oxford Races

13. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

14. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

15. Memnon, with William Scott Up

16. The Wolverhampton Racecourse

17. The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843

18. Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester

19. Study for Cloutsham Farm, Exmoor (`The Devon and Somerset')

20. Houghton Meeting, Newmarket, 1913

21. A Boat Race on the River Isis, Oxford

22. The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act