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- Title:
Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche
- Former Title(s):
Scipio, Colonel Roche's Spotted Hunter
Scipio, property of Colonel Roche (?Node), member of the Buccleuch Hunt
- Date:
- ca. 1750
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 39 x 52 3/4 inches (99.1 x 134 cm), Frame: 43 3/16 × 57 × 2 1/8 inches (109.7 × 144.8 × 5.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black paint, lower left: "Scipio a horse of | Colonel. Roche."
Signed and dated in black paint, lower left: "T. Spener pinx. | [17...] [date hidden by frame]"
- 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
- Link to Frame:
- B2001.2.109FR
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | animals | breeches | bridle | colonel | dogs (animals) | equestrians | field | horses (animals) | hounds (dogs) | hunting | men | pasture | redingote (overcoat) | riding boots | rural | saddle | saddle cloths | waistcoat
- 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:42615
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Elizabeth Einberg, The age of Hogarth, British painters born 1675-1709 , vol. 2, Tate Gallery, London, 1988, p. 214, ND466 T38 1988 + OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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