On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Creator: Seymour, James, 1702–1752

1. Hunting [two of a set of twelve]: 9. [A rider clearing a gate]

Creator:: Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, British
Date:: 1752
Medium:: Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4in. (25.1 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Hunting [set of four]: 2. The Chace (titles are also inscribed in French)

Creator:: Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, British
Date:: 1766
Medium:: Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Hunting [set of four]: 3. Making a Cast at a Fault (titles are also inscribed in French).

Creator:: Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, British
Date:: 1766
Medium:: Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Hunting [set of four]: 4. The Death of the Fox (titles are also inscribed in French)

Creator:: Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, British
Date:: 1766
Medium:: Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Profile of a Horse Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 inches (14.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Six Studies of Horses and Riders

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (19.1 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Man Leading a Trotting Stallion to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9/16 inches (18.3 × 1.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 'The Danish Horse' in Training: Standing, with Trainer Holding a Whip

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 9/16 × 9 3/8 inches (19.2 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Hare Running, with Ears Laid Back

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 11/16 × 6 3/4 inches (14.4 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Riders and Hounds in an Open Landscape

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 13/16 × 16 5/8 inches (27.5 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Sir Sidney Meadows Schooling a Horse

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 inches (17.5 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Rider in Armour

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 7/8 inches (17.8 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Boar Hunt

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 × 10 7/8 inches (23.2 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Hare Running, with Ears Pricked

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 3/4 × 7 3/4 inches (14.6 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Whitefoot at Exercise: Hooded and Rugged, Jockey up, Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 6 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (16.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Studies of a Jockey Whipping-On

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 5/16 × 6 1/2 inches (23.7 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Rider With a Draw-Rein, Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (23.2 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Rider on a Horse, Rearing to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/4 × 9 3/8 inches (24.8 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sketches of a Gelding

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 4 5/8 × 5 3/8 inches (11.7 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Smiling Tom, Saddled and Bridled: Standing, Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/16 × 11 1/16 inches (23 × 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Flying Childers Galloping to Left: Bridled but not Saddled

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Black chalk, white gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 9/16 × 13 1/2 inches (26.8 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Saddled Horse, Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/8 × 11 3/4 inches (23.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Le Piaffe (2): Training a Bridled and Saddled Horse at the Pillar

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 11/16 × 19 13/16 inches (24.6 × 50.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Woman Wearing a Tricorne Hat, Riding to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 6 7/16 inches (14.6 × 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Victorious, with Jockey Up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 7 1/2 inches (13.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Head of a Horse, Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (21.9 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Dark Grey Hunter upon full Chace

Creator:: Joseph Sympson, active 1725–died 1736
Date:: 1739
Medium:: Engraving on two separate plates and printed on two conjoined sheets
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/2 x 32 3/4in. (57.2 x 83.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Hunting [two of a set of twelve]: 7. [A rider putting horse to a gate]

Creator:: Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, British
Date:: 1752
Medium:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4in. (25.1 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Hunting [two of a set of twelve]: 7. [A rider putting horse to a gate]

Creator:: Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, British
Date:: 1752
Medium:: Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4in. (25.1 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Racing: Sedbury was for the justness of Shape the most Beautiful and ...the Best Horse of His Size at that time

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: ca. 1745
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 17 3/4in. (36.2 x 45.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Hunting [set of four]: 1.Going to Cover (titles are also inscribed in French)

Creator:: Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, British
Date:: 1766
Medium:: Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Racing: Sir Charles Sedley's Bay Gelding "True Blue" / He won Two Subscription Plates for Hunters of 60 Guineas each at Nottingham ...

Creator:: John Wood, 1728–1781, British
Date:: 1753
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 18 7/8in. (40.3 x 47.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Seymour's Twelve Prints of Hunters & Running Horses, taken in Various Actions

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 1/2in. (17.1 x 26.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Carriage Match: A Print of the Chaise Match Run on New-market Heath on Wednesday the 29th. of August 1750. Taken from the Life by Mr. Seymour ...

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810, British
Date:: 1751
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 x 32 3/4in. (52.7 x 83.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Set of twelve: 4 Fox Huntings. 4 Stag Huntings. 4 Hare Huntings

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8in. (17.5 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Set of twelve: 4 Fox Huntings. 4 Stag Huntings. 4 Hare Huntings

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Hand colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8in. (17.5 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 6 5/8 inches (13.8 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Foxhunting

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 6 3/4 inches (13.8 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Lady Riding Side-Saddle, Turns to Look at a Dismounted Rider

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Red chalk, with graphite; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 5/16 inches (19.1 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Carriage Match: This Print or View of the Carriage Match &c. is Honoured with the Patronage of his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales & the Noblemen & Gentlemen Members of the Jockey Club &c. ...

Carriage Match: This Print or View of the Carriage Match &c. is Honoured with the Patronage of his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales & the Noblemen & Gentlemen Members of the Jockey Club &c. ...

Creator:: John Bodger, Active 1770–1821
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 27 3/8in. (33.7 x 69.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 6 13/16 inches (13.8 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Lord Godolphin's White Foot, a Very Famous Horse That Was Never Beat

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (14.3 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. George Montague, first Earl of Halifax on His White Hunter, Ironside, With His Groom on Justice, a Chestnut Foaled in 1721

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: 1721
Medium:: Gouache, graphite, pen andn black ink, and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 6 3/16 × 10 9/16 inches (15.7 × 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Victorious

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 7 3/16 inches (14.4 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Famous Childers

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (14.3 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Study of a Mounted Jockey, Facing Left, June 3rd, 1744

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: 1744
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 6 5/16 inches (25.9 × 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Groom Leading a Racehorse Wearing Hood and Sweaters, June 24, 1743

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: 1743
Medium:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/8 × 14 3/8 inches (23.8 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Sketches of a Hare, Horse, Stag, Man and Woman

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 1/4 × 9 11/16 inches (28.6 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Two Saddled Horses in Stalls in a Stable

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 22 inches (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Huntsman Galloping: Left Arm Upraised, His Horn Slung Over His Left Shoulder

Creator:: Possibly James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 3/16 × 13 9/16 inches (33.5 × 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Studies of Stags' Heads

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 6 3/8 inches (8.9 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. A Hound Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 3 5/8 inches (7.9 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Horse and Rider Walking to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 3/4 inches (15.2 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Horse with Rider Wearing Tricorne Hat

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 3 3/4 inches (10.8 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Horse with Rider Wearing Tricorne Hat, Walking to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (11.1 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Saddled Horse Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (16.2 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Two Studies of Tumbler, a Dog

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (8.3 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. A Greyhound, Facing Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 7 1/16 × 9 1/8 inches (17.9 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. A Racehorse, Bridled and Saddled

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (24.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Two Horses Trotting in Harness

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 11/16 × 8 13/16 inches (17 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Schooling Horses: Three Studies on a Page

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 5/16 × 13 5/16 inches (23.7 × 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. 'True Blue Beat by Whitefoot': Galloping to Left, with Jockey Up Whipping-On

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 × 11 3/4 inches (22.9 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Kindly, with Jockey Up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 1/16 inches (16 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Horse, With Rider Lightly Sketched, Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Red chalk and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/16 × 12 3/16 inches (25.9 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Flying Childers at Exercise: Hooded and Rugged, with Jockey Up, Galloping Up, Galloping to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 3/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.3 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Foxhunter, with Jockey Up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 5/16 inches (13.8 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Sloven, with Jockey Up, Galloping to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 5/16 inches (15.9 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Coursing - After the Kill

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, red chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/4 × 12 3/8 inches (23.5 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Flying Childers and Grooms

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 6 1/4 inches (9.8 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. A Hound Tethered to a Tree Stump

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 6 1/16 inches (8.3 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Saddled Horse, with a Crest Branded on His Flank, Walking to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 5/16 inches (15.6 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Conqueror Going to Start

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 15/16 inches (18.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Racehorse with Jockey Up: Galloping, Seen from the Near-Side; the Jockey Holds a Switch

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/8 × 11 3/4 inches (25.7 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Racehorse with Jockey Up: the Jockey Holds a Whip in His Teeth

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (21.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Hind Legs and Tail of a Horse

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 inches (27.3 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. "Panton's Doctor": With Jockey Up, Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 22 inches (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Two Horses Racing, Jockeys Up: Railings in the Background

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 12 13/16 inches (20.3 × 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Le Piaffe (I): Training at the Pillar, Horse Wearing Bridle and Surcingle...

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 1/8 inches (26.4 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. A Huntsman Holding a Dead Hare, with Two Greyhounds Looking On

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Red chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 12 1/4 inches (23.3 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Hunting [two of a set of twelve]: 9. [A rider clearing a gate]

Creator:: Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774, British
Date:: 1752
Medium:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4in. (25.1 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 6 15/16 inches (12.9 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Setting Off for the Chase: The Huntsman Leading out a Pack of Harriers followed by the Master and the Whipper-In

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on stretched canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 20 inches (30.8 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. A Chestnut Horse at Exercise

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 6 11/16 × 8 inches (17 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. A Lady and a Gentleman Riding Out

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and black ink, and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (14.3 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Mr. Woodward, Mounted

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 7 3/16 inches (14.4 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. A Gentleman on a Managed Horse Riding Out With a Lady

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (14.3 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. A Hound with head up

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 × 8 inches (15.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Horse Walking to Left

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 3/8 inches (19.7 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. A Rider in Armor, and Two Horses Lying Down

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 4 5/8 inches (15.2 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. King Charles I of England, Mounted

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (15.9 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. A Horse Lying Down

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 inches (10.5 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Thirteen Drawings of Horses, Horsemen, Hounds, etc.

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Thirteen graphite drawings bound into an album on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (19.1 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. The Portraiture of Lamprey

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775, British
Date:: 1755
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. The Portraiture of Bald Charlotte

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775, British
Date:: 1756
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. The Portraiture of Bay Bolton

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775, British
Date:: 1756
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Childers, the Fleetest Horse that Ever Run at Newmarket

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775, British
Date:: 1755
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. The Portraiture of the Famous Horse Old Partner

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775, British
Date:: 1755
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Portrature of Sedbury

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775, British
Date:: 1755
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. King Herod (?) Flying Childers

Creator:: John Scott, 1774–1828, British
Medium:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

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1. Hunting [two of a set of twelve]: 9. [A rider clearing a gate]

2. Hunting [set of four]: 2. The Chace (titles are also inscribed in French)

3. Hunting [set of four]: 3. Making a Cast at a Fault (titles are also inscribed in French).

4. Hunting [set of four]: 4. The Death of the Fox (titles are also inscribed in French)

5. Profile of a Horse Facing Left

6. Six Studies of Horses and Riders

7. Man Leading a Trotting Stallion to Right

8. 'The Danish Horse' in Training: Standing, with Trainer Holding a Whip

9. A Hare Running, with Ears Laid Back

10. Riders and Hounds in an Open Landscape

11. Sir Sidney Meadows Schooling a Horse

12. Rider in Armour

13. A Boar Hunt

14. A Hare Running, with Ears Pricked

15. Whitefoot at Exercise: Hooded and Rugged, Jockey up, Walking to Left

16. Studies of a Jockey Whipping-On

17. Rider With a Draw-Rein, Walking to Left

18. Rider on a Horse, Rearing to Left

19. Sketches of a Gelding

20. Smiling Tom, Saddled and Bridled: Standing, Facing Left

21. Flying Childers Galloping to Left: Bridled but not Saddled

22. Saddled Horse, Walking to Left

23. Le Piaffe (2): Training a Bridled and Saddled Horse at the Pillar

24. Woman Wearing a Tricorne Hat, Riding to Right

25. Victorious, with Jockey Up

26. Head of a Horse, Facing Left

27. A Dark Grey Hunter upon full Chace

28. Hunting [two of a set of twelve]: 7. [A rider putting horse to a gate]

29. Hunting [two of a set of twelve]: 7. [A rider putting horse to a gate]

30. Racing: Sedbury was for the justness of Shape the most Beautiful and ...the Best Horse of His Size at that time

31. Hunting [set of four]: 1.Going to Cover (titles are also inscribed in French)

32. Racing: Sir Charles Sedley's Bay Gelding "True Blue" / He won Two Subscription Plates for Hunters of 60 Guineas each at Nottingham ...

33. Seymour's Twelve Prints of Hunters & Running Horses, taken in Various Actions

34. Carriage Match: A Print of the Chaise Match Run on New-market Heath on Wednesday the 29th. of August 1750. Taken from the Life by Mr. Seymour ...

35. Set of twelve: 4 Fox Huntings. 4 Stag Huntings. 4 Hare Huntings

36. Set of twelve: 4 Fox Huntings. 4 Stag Huntings. 4 Hare Huntings

37. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

38. Foxhunting

39. A Lady Riding Side-Saddle, Turns to Look at a Dismounted Rider

40. Carriage Match: This Print or View of the Carriage Match &c. is Honoured with the Patronage of his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales & the Noblemen & Gentlemen Members of the Jockey Club &c. ...

41. Racehorse at Exercise, Ridden by a Training-Groom

42. Lord Godolphin's White Foot, a Very Famous Horse That Was Never Beat

43. George Montague, first Earl of Halifax on His White Hunter, Ironside, With His Groom on Justice, a Chestnut Foaled in 1721

44. Victorious

45. The Famous Childers

46. Study of a Mounted Jockey, Facing Left, June 3rd, 1744

47. Groom Leading a Racehorse Wearing Hood and Sweaters, June 24, 1743

48. Sketches of a Hare, Horse, Stag, Man and Woman

49. Two Saddled Horses in Stalls in a Stable

50. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

51. Huntsman Galloping: Left Arm Upraised, His Horn Slung Over His Left Shoulder

52. Studies of Stags' Heads

53. A Hound Facing Left

54. Horse and Rider Walking to Right

55. Horse with Rider Wearing Tricorne Hat

56. Horse with Rider Wearing Tricorne Hat, Walking to Right

57. Saddled Horse Facing Left

58. Two Studies of Tumbler, a Dog

59. A Greyhound, Facing Left

60. A Racehorse, Bridled and Saddled

61. Two Horses Trotting in Harness

62. Schooling Horses: Three Studies on a Page

63. 'True Blue Beat by Whitefoot': Galloping to Left, with Jockey Up Whipping-On

64. Kindly, with Jockey Up

65. Horse, With Rider Lightly Sketched, Walking to Left

66. Flying Childers at Exercise: Hooded and Rugged, with Jockey Up, Galloping Up, Galloping to Left

67. Foxhunter, with Jockey Up

68. Sloven, with Jockey Up, Galloping to Right

69. Coursing - After the Kill

70. Flying Childers and Grooms

71. A Hound Tethered to a Tree Stump

72. Saddled Horse, with a Crest Branded on His Flank, Walking to Right

73. Conqueror Going to Start

74. Racehorse with Jockey Up: Galloping, Seen from the Near-Side; the Jockey Holds a Switch