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- Title:
Dr. Syntax, a Bay Racehorse, Standing in a Coastal Landscape, an Estuary Beyond
- Former Title(s):
Portrait of Dr. Syntax, a celebrated race-horse, the winner of four gold cups at Lancaster, five at Preston, one at Middleham, and one at Richmond: the property of R. Riddel, Esq. [1820, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1820
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 28 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches (71.8 x 92.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "JWARD [monogram] RA 1820 ~"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.287
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B2001.2.287FR
- Subject Terms:
- equestrian | estuary | horse (animal) | landscape | sporting art | standing
- 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:42751
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James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Oliver Beckett, The life and work of James Ward, R.A., 1769-1859, the forgotten genius , Book Guild, Lewes (England), 1995, pp. 100, 105-06, 194, no. 132, NJ18 W21 B42 1995 (YCBA) [YCBA]
James Ward, Esq. R.A., Part 1 , The Sporting Magazine, n.s. vol. 19, no. 110, November 1826, p. 2, Sporting 2090 (YCBA Rare Books) [ORBIS]
Edward John Nygren, James Ward, RA (1769-1859) : Papers and Patrons, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 75, 2013, p. 323, 324, no. 325, Pl. XXXVII, N12 W35 +A1Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]