Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Philip Reinagle, 1749–1833, British
Title:: Spearing the Otter
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (36.8 x 51.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed and dated in grey paint, lower left: "Phil Reinagle 1805"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B2001.2.143
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: hunting | hunters | recreation | rural | trees | river | riverbank | sporting art | spear | dogs (animals) | animals
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. 144-145, no. 136, ND1383 G7 B75 OVERSIZE (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:42451