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The Family of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu and an Attendant
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 x 29 1/2 inches (53.3 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Hadrian's Villa
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
between 1775 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 × 13 1/2 inches (43.2 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Classical Landscape: Morning
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
between 1740 and 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
43 x 43 inches (109.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Rehearsal of an opera
Creator:
Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:
ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 x 22 inches (48.3 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Rehearsal of an opera
Creator:
Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:
ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/4 × 22 3/4 inches (46.4 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Scene from 'The Maid of the Mill'
Creator:
John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:
1765
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 5/8 x 25 inches (47.3 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
Creator:
John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (39.1 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Winter Landscape
Creator:
George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
16 3/4 × 26 inches (42.5 × 66 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

12. The Mall

The Mall
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1740 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches (74.9 x 120 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Hop Pickers Outside a Cottage
Creator:
George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 × 24 7/8 inches (43.2 × 63.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Vegetable Seller, Covent Garden
Creator:
Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:
ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
13 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (34.6 x 27 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the distance
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
between 1770 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches (44.5 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Wilton House from the Southeast
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 56 3/4 inches (99.1 x 144.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate
Creator:
Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 1/4 × 49 1/2 inches (87 × 125.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Preparing for the Hunt
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
47 x 49 inches (119.4 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Covent Garden
Creator:
Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:
ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 21 × 34 1/2 inches (53.3 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 3/16 x 48 inches (91.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Imaginary View of Westminster Bridge
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 1/4 × 36 1/4 inches (71.8 × 92.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Oliver and Ward Families
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 3/4 x 62 3/4 inches (123.8 x 159.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Sketch for an oval ceiling
Creator:
Attributed to Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:
ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 17 inches (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Family Conversation Piece
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:
1730 to 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches (45.1 x 80 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Interior of Westminster Abbey
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1714
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 1/8 x 38 1/2 inches (122.2 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Landscape with Figures
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches (52.1 x 67.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lincoln's Inn, the Chapel, and Old Hall, London
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 3/4 x 49 3/4 inches (88.3 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Medway at Rochester
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 3/4 x 31 inches (55.2 x 78.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House
Creator:
Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 x 50 1/4 inches (88.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Frost on the Thames
Creator:
Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:
1788 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 3/16 × 48 3/16 inches (76.7 × 122.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Study of the Lamentation on the Dead Christ
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper on panel
Dimensions:
11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (29.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Cave of Despair
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Figures with a Donkey and Dog Crossing a Weir
Creator:
James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
Date:
1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Sight
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Touch
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
View of Horse Guards and Whitehall
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 3/4 × 36 1/2 inches (65.4 × 92.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

39. Dido

Dido
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
96 3/16 × 72 3/16 inches (244.3 × 183.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 1/8 x 50 1/2 inches (104.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
An Unfinished View of the West Gate, Canterbury
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
between 1780 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and oil on paper laid down on panel
Dimensions:
17 7/8 x 25 inches (45.4 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Soldier with Country Women Selling Ribbons, near a Military Camp
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia
Creator:
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:
ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 1/16 x 20 9/16 inches (38.3 x 52.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 3/4 x 36 3/8 inches (70.5 x 92.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London
Creator:
Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:
ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Winter Landscape with Figures
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches (72.4 x 92.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 10 inches (21 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Taste
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Smell
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family
Creator:
Gawen Hamilton, ca. 1697–1737
Date:
between 1730 and 1732
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 x 36 1/8 inches (66 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Classical Landscape
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
1754
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 × 46 1/2 inches (88.9 × 118.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Drummond Family
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 x 63 inches (104.1 x 160 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach
Creator:
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Scene from Don Quixote (Vol.II, Ch.XXIII)
Creator:
John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:
between 1730 and 1736
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
15 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (40 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Grinding Corn
Creator:
Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Date:
between 1792 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches (45.1 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
St. Paul before Agrippa
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches (81.9 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance
Creator:
Arthur Nelson, active 1765–1773
Date:
ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
22 1/2 x 43 inches (57.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Bathing Place at Ramsgate
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Anglers' Repast
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Party Angling
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A View of the Cathedral and City of Lincoln from the River
Creator:
Joseph Baker of Lincoln, active 1742–1770
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 9/16 x 43 1/4 inches (82.7 x 109.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Arches of Westminster Bridge
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (108.6 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

65. Evening

Evening
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

66. Morning

Morning
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

67. Night

Night
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
65 1/2 x 52 1/2 inches (166.4 x 133.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Classical Landscape
Creator:
Alexander Runciman, 1736–1785
Date:
1767 to 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
12 7/8 x 18 3/16 inches (32.7 x 46.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
View on the Medway
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

71. Noon

Noon
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Salmon Leap, Leixlip
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches (67.6 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Mistletoe Bough
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 5/8 × 18 1/2 inches (57.5 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Hearing
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Gravenor Family
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches (90.2 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Hackwood Park, Hampshire
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated, exhibited 1764
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 3/16 x 50 1/4 inches (102.1 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
View near Rome
Creator:
Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811
Date:
between 1754 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 1/4 x 30 3/4 inches (56.5 x 78.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Family, Traditionally Known as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 1/4 × 40 3/4 inches (64.1 × 103.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Linen Market with a Linen-stall and Vegetable Seller in the West Indies
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 5/8 x 30 inches (54.9 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Rebecca Receiving the Bracelet at the Well
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 3/4 x 63 3/16 inches (123.8 x 160.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach
Creator:
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
31 x 38 1/2 inches (78.7 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies
Creator:
John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
20 x 25 1/2 inches (50.8 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Bell Tower of Evesham
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
21 x 62 inches (53.3 x 157.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance
Creator:
John Feary, ca. 1745–1788
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
27 1/2 x 48 inches (69.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Watson-Wentworth and Finch Families
Creator:
Charles Philips, 1708–1747
Date:
ca. 1732
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 1/2 x 49 inches (100.3 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Paper Buildings, Inner Temple, London
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 1/2 x 49 1/4 inches (87.6 x 125.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Birth of the Heir
Creator:
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Christening of the Heir
Creator:
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 31 1/4 inches (50.8 x 79.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Market Day, Roseau, Dominica
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 18 1/4 inches (35.6 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Free West Indian Creoles in Elegant Dress
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (30.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
West Indian Man of Color, Directing Two Carib Women with a Child
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 x 9 7/8 inches (30.5 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
West Indian Women of Color, with a Child and Black Servant
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (31.1 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Old Walton Bridge
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/8 x 48 1/8 inches (46 x 122.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Vegetable Seller
Creator:
Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:
between 1725 and 1728
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 1/2 × 43 3/4 inches (82.6 × 111.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Scene in a London Street
Creator:
John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
37 1/2 x 49 inches (95.3 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Game of Quadrille
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012)
On View:
Not on view
Coastal Landscape with a Ferry Boat
Creator:
Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois, 1756–1811
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 × 21 1/8 inches (43.2 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia
Creator:
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:
1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
84 x 82 inches (213.4 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view