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- Title:
Memnon, with William Scott Up
- Former Title(s):
Memnon with William Scott Up on Doncaster Racecourse [1978, Egerton, British Sporting and Animal Paintings, catalogue]
Memnon with W. Scott up, on Doncaster Racecourse
- Date:
- 1825
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 26 9/16 x 33 1/4 inches (67.5 x 84.5 cm), Frame: 33 1/2 × 40 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (85.1 × 102.9 × 6.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in red paint, lower left center: "MEMNON"
Signed and dated in red paint, lower right: "J. F. Herring. 1825"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.753
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.753FR
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | breeches | clouds | crowds | equestrian | fence | field | hat | horses (animals) | jockey | man | pattern | racecourse | riding boots | riding habit | spectators | sporting art | top hat | woman
- Associated People:
- Scott, William (1797–1848), jockey
- 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:1205
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