Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Pollard, 1792–1867, British
Title:
Epsom Races: The Betting Post
Date:
1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (30.8 x 47.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, black paint, lower left: "J Pollard | 1834"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.199
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
vehicle | rural | racecourse | spectators | equestrian | Victorian | landscape | sporting art | whip | carriage | costume | horse (animal) | race (event)
Associated Places:
Europe | England | United Kingdom | Epsom | Surrey
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:
Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 35, 370, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 274, no. 299, pl. 98a, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

David Livingstone-Learmonth, The horse in art, The Studio, London, London, New York, 1958, pl. 51, N7668 H6 L58 oversize (YCBA)

N. C. Selway, Golden age of coaching and sport, as depicted by James Pollard , F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-sea, 1972, no. 194, NJ18 P7425 +S45 (YCBA)

N. C. Selway, James Pollard 1792-1867, painter of the age of coaching , F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-sea, 1965, no. 165, NJ18 P7425 +S452 1965 (YCBA)

Sotheby's sale catalogue : The Mr. and Mrs. Jack R Dick collection of English sporting and conversation painting part one : 31 October 1973, London, October 31, 1973, lot 32, Fiche B18 (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 89, fig. a, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42329