Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Title:
Preparing for the Hunt
Date:
ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
47 x 49 inches (119.4 x 124.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, center right on staircase: "J. Wooton|Pinx"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.704
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
horses (animals) | hounds (dogs) | birds | dogs (animals) | fountains | ruffle | stairs | hunting | preparing | preparation | men | women | landowners | architecture | art | hunter | viewers | equestrian | leaders | Neo-Classical | genre subject | sporting art | portrait | dwelling | formal gardens | country house | paths | gardens | shoes (footwear) | riding boots | riding habit | tricornes | redingote (overcoat) | breeches (trousers) | stockings | waistcoat (main garment) | costume | sculpture | conversation piece | statues | urn | party
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Sidesaddle, 1690-1935 (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2018-09-07 - 2019-03-24)

Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)

Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)

The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
Art in Focus : John Goto's 'High Summer', Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2018, p. 18, Vertical File V2770 (YCBA)

Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 22, 371, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 260-261, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Ellen G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis & his contemporaries, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 5, 71, cat. no. 53, NJ18 D5151 D64 OVERSIZE

Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, pp. 15, 42, no. 26, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 28, no. 30, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Penelope McElwee, The non-representation of the agricultural labourers in 18th and 19th century English paintings : an exploration into the artistic conventions followed by the aristocracy and landowning classes in representations of the agricultural labourers ..., Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016, pp. 12-13, 88, fig. 1-2, NX650.L32 M34 2016 (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, pp. 5 (v.1), 74 (v. 2), No. 13, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)

J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 62, 127, no. 145, N6766 Y34 1977 (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. 62 (v.1), no. 230, pl. 74, ND466 Y35 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1162