Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804, British
Title:
Pheasant Shooting
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 7/8 x 20 1/2 inches (40.3 x 52.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.277
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
autumn | sporting art | dogs (animals) | trees | birds | rural | rifle | sportsman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Side - by - Side with Gun and Dog (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2015-09-25 - 2016-04-03)

The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
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. 48-49, fig. 3-3, NX650.L32 M34 2016 (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 56, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42270