John Hilton, Judge of the Course at Newmarket; John Fuller, Clerk of the Course; and John Stevens, a Trainer
Date:
ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (48.9 x 38.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.205
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
costume | portrait | riding | racing | men | horses (animals)
Associated Places:
Suffolk | Newmarket | Europe | England | United Kingdom
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)
Publications:
Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, pp. 196, no. 207, pl. 25 (color), ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Aubrey Noakes, Ben Marshall, 1767-1835, F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-Sea, 1978, p.46, cat. 147, NJ18 M3843 A12 N63 + (YCBA)Graham Reynolds, Posing on Four Legs, TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, Issue No. 4072, April 17, 1981, p. 445, Film S748 (SML) Also Available OnLine in TLS Historical Archive (ORBIS)Sotheby's sale catalogue : The Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Dick collection of English sporting and conversation paintings part two : 26 June 1974, Sotheby's, London, June 26, 1974, p. 68, lot 73, Fich B18 (YCBA)Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 83, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
This sketch represents three prominent personalities at Newmarket Racecourse, then, as now, the most prestigious racecourse in the world. From left to right they are: John Hilton, the respected judge of Newmarket races from 1776 until his retirement in 1806; John Fuller, Clerk of the Course; and John Stevens, a prominent trainer. The sketch was commissioned from Benjamin Marshall by Augustus Henry Fitzroy, third Duke of Grafton (1735–1811), a prominent Whig politician and former prime minister. The duke was a noted racing enthusiast with a successful record of breeding and training horses. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016