Sawrey Gilpin, with human figures and animals by Philip Reinagle
The Display on the Return to Dulnon Camp, August 1786

ArtistScottish, 1749–1833, active England
CultureBritish and Scottish
Titles
  • The Display on the Return to Dulnon Camp, August 1786
Datec. 1786
PlaceEngland
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions44 1/4 × 64 in. (112.4 × 162.6 cm)
Frame: 51 9/16 × 70 7/8 × 2 3/8 in.
(130.9 × 180.1 × 6.1 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1987.1
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
218 Blaffer Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceCommissioned by Colonel Thomas Thornton (1757–1823), Thornville Royal, Yorkshire, England; untraced until acquired by Sir Walter Gilbey (1831–1914); his daughter, Mrs. Herbert Stroyan, 1923; Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison; [Richard Green Galleries, London]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1987.

Exhibition History"A Noble Pastime: Hunting Pictures from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, September 3–November 7, 2004; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, January 29–April 6, 2005; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, December 2, 2006–April 29, 2007.

"British Paintings 1550–1800 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Ellen Noël Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, November 13, 2010–January 10, 2011.

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