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:
B2001.2.228
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
studies (visual works) | sporting art | shore (landform) | mountain | forest | hunting | Animalia (kingdom) | sky | dog (animal)
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:
Robin Blake, George Stubbs and the wide creation, animals, people and places in the life of George Stubbs, 1724-1806 , Chatto & Windus, London : Chatto & Windus, 2005, 2005, p. 134, NJ18.St915 B53 2005 (YCBA)

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, p. 181, no. 42, 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, p. 77, no. 57, NJ18 St915 G54 1999 (YCBA)

Philip Davis, Sleepers, Whose side is the law on? , Art Newspaper, , October 2008, p. 35, http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Sleepers-whose-side-is-the-law-on/16268

Diana Donald, Picturing animals in Britain, 1750-1850, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007, p. 254, no. 236, N7660 D67 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, George Stubbs, painter : catalogue raisonne, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 137, no. 12D, NJ18 St915 A12 +E44 2007 (YCBA)

Frances Gibb, Auctioneers win Stubbs appeal, The Times (London), December 22, 1989, p. 3, Available online in Times Digital Archive Also available on microfilm : Film An T482 (SML)

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

Sotheby's sale catalogue : British Paintings 1500-1800 : 12 March 1986, Sotheby's, London, March 12, 1986, , Lot 115, fig. 115, Auction Catalogues (YCBA) Unbound catalogue

Spink & Sons, English Pictures, Octagon, vol. 14, June 1987, p. 17, DealerCat Octagon

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:21180