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- Title:
Lamprey, with His Owner Sir William Morgan, at Newmarket
- Former Title(s):
Lamprey at Newmarket, with a Group of Figures Including Sir William Morgan, his Owner
- Date:
- 1723
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 41 x 49 1/2 inches (104.1 x 125.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in brown paint, lower center: "J Wootton"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.705
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.705FR
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | breeches (trousers) | coat | hats | horses (animals) | men | racecourse | racing | riding boots | saddle | sporting art | stables | staffs (walking sticks) | tricorne | tricornes | waistcoat
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | Newmarket | Suffolk | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Morgan, William (of Tredegar, elder) (1700–1731), Welsh Whig politician
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1163
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