Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Pollard, 1792–1867, British
Title:
The Louth-London Royal Mail Travelling by Train from Peterborough East, Northamptonshire
Date:
1845
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
9 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches (23.5 x 30.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.140
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
railroad | luggage | genre subject | costume | track | train | workers | transportation | travel | industry | horses (animals)
Associated Places:
Peterborough | Northamptonshire | Europe | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23)

Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
Publications:
Christie, Manson & Woods, Christie's sale catalogue : Fine English pictures c.1700-c.1850 : 10 December 1971, Christie's, London, December 10, 1971, lot 114, DealerCat Christie's (YCBA)

Judy Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings 1655-1867 : A Catalogue : The Paul Mellon Collection, , Tate Publishing, London, 1978, p. 279, no. 305, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Elisabeth Fairman, Roads to rails : revolution in British transport, , New Haven, CT, 1992, p. 27, no. 263, HE243 .F25 1992 (YCBA)

Kentucky Horse Park, All the queen's horses, the role of the horse in British history , Lexington, KY, 2003, p. 191, no. 46.6, SF284 G7A55 2003 + (YCBA)

N. C. Selway, Golden age of coaching and sport, as depicted by James Pollard , F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-sea, 1972, no. 127, 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. 112, NJ18 P7425 +S452 1965 (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 112, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42439