Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Title:
Foxhound
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:
5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (14.6 x 22.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.227
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
dog (animal) | Animalia (kingdom) | hunting | boulder | lake | forest | shore (landform) | sporting art | studies (visual works)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)

George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)

George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Country pursuits: British, American, and French sporting art from the Mellon collections in the Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts, , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Charlottesville, 2007, pp. 180-81, fig. 43, ND1383 G7 V57 2007 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, George Stubbs in the collection of Paul Mellon : A memorial exhibition, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1999, pp. 76-77, no. 58, NJ18 St915 G54 1999 (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, George Stubbs, painter : catalogue raisonne, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 137, no. 120, NJ18 St915 A12 +E44 2007 (YCBA)

Andrew Morgan, Christie's said oils were of 'no value', The Times (London), London, November 3, 1988, p. 3, Times Digital Archive

Andrew Morgan, Expert Upset by Stubbs Attribution, The Times (London), London, November 4, 1988, p. 3, Available Online : Times Digital Archive

No negligence in honest valuation, The Times (London), London, December 22, 1989, p. 17, Available Online : Times Digital Archive

Geraldine Norman, Dealers make a killing from Stubbs, The Times (London), London, June 30, 1986, p. 1, Times Digital Archive

Terence Shaw, Auction house which sold 'Stubbs' oils for 840 has to pay 76,000 damages, Daily telegraph, November 23, 1988, p. 3, Daily telegraph

Sotheby's sale catalogue : British Paintings 1500-1850 : 12 March 1986, Sotheby's, London, March 12, 1986, lot 114, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)

Stubbs dogs paintings honest copies says expert, Daily telegraph, London, November 4, 1988, p. 3, Daily Telegraph

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 50, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21179