- Title:
The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers
- Former Title(s):
Flying Childers with a Groom
- Date:
- 1742
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower right: "[monogram] | 1742"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.164
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B2001.2.164FR
- Subject Terms:
- animals | costume | duke | equestrian | horse (animal) | portrait | reins | rural | sporting art
- Associated Places:
- Devonshire | England | Europe | United Kingdom
- 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:42478
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