Conformation and the Parade Ring · The First Stables
The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses of the Duke of Bolton
James Seymour, 1747 · oil on canvas
What it is
Two running horses of the Duke of Bolton stand in their stalls on fresh straw, a grey and a chestnut in matching rugs, signed and dated “JS 1747”.
Why it matters
Seymour (1702–1752) was largely self-taught and became one of the first English painters known above all for horses.
What to notice
A groom in red and a white dog stand at the left, and the two horses look back over the partitions toward them.
The stable as a portrait.
Provenance
- Maker
- James Seymour, 1747
- Era
- The Georgian Turf (1750–1837)
- Chapter
- The Yard Wakes
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Made
- 1747
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Wikimedia Commons licence tag, read 2026-11-01: PD-Art|PD-old-100-1923|deathyear=1752. The maker died in 1752.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
More from the Stable Wall
Elsewhere in the family
- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.