Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Spencer, 1700–1753, British
Title:
Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 52 3/4 inches (99.1 x 134 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black paint, lower left: "Scipio a horse of | Colonel. Roche."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.109
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
colonel | hunting | men | equestrians | pasture | rural | saddle cloths | saddle | bridle | riding boots | breeches | redingote (overcoat) | waistcoat | horses (animals) | hounds (dogs) | field | animals | dogs (animals) | animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Chronicle of the Horse in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2016-08-26 - 2017-04-26)

The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)

Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
Publications:
Stephen Deuchar, Noble exercise : the sporting ideal in eighteenth-century British art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1982, p. 44, no. 42, ND1388 G7 D48+ (YCBA)

Elizabeth Einberg, The age of Hogarth, British painters born 1675-1709 , vol. 2, Tate Gallery, London, 1988, p. 214, ND466 T38 1988 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Claudia P. Pfeiffer, Chronicle of the Horse in art, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, Virginia, 2016, pp. 3, 44-45, 110 [fn 52], pl. 15, N7668.H6 P44 2016 (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 48, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)

Richard Wills, James Seymour, 1701-1752, London, 2023, p.70, fig.37, NJ18 .Se95 W55 2023 (YCBA) Oversize
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42615