Period: 18th century / Image Available: Available / Work Type: sculpture

1. The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnassus

Creator:: Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:: Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts

Creator:: Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:: Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Horse Frightened by a Lion (Episode A)

Creator:: Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795
Date:: modeled 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Solid blue jasper with white relief, shallow oval
Dimensions:: Image: 10 × 16 inches (25.4 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. William III

Creator:: John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712
Date:: ca. 1700 or ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Lead
Dimensions:: Overall: 70 x 33 x 29 inches (177.8 x 83.8 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Charles James Fox

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 27 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 10 inches (69.2 x 47 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. George III

Creator:: John Nost III, active 1749–died 1780
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 25 × 19 1/4 × 10 inches (63.5 × 48.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Hercules

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: between 1745 and 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 22 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 9 inches (57.2 x 54.6 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Thomas Dawson, first Baron Dartrey (Later first Viscount Cremorne)

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Carrara marble on an original oval socle
Dimensions:: Overall: 21 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches, 110 lb. (54.6 × 41.9 × 24.1 cm, 49.9 kg)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. David Garrick

Creator:: James Tassie, 1735–1799
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Glass paste
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 1/2 x 4 3/16 inches (11.4 x 10.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Sir Isaac Newton

Creator:: John Cheere, 1709–1787
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Lead
Dimensions:: Overall: 11 x 7 x 3 1/4 inches (27.9 x 17.8 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Attributed to Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 23 3/4 × 21 1/4 inches (60.3 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Francis Hayman

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 25 × 22 × 12 inches (63.5 × 55.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 28 x 21 x 11 inches (71.1 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 27 x 18 x 9 inches (68.6 x 45.7 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Omphale

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 22 x 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (55.9 x 44.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. John Locke

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 21 inches (53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. William Congreve

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Pearwood
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (16.5 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. William III

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: ca. 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 25 1/2 x 18 x 11 3/4 inches (64.8 x 45.7 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Ariadne

Creator:: Laurent Delvaux, 1696–1778
Date:: ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 13 × 28 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (33 × 71.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Cleopatra

Creator:: Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:: ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 x 28 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 71.1 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Venus

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (20.6 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Adonis

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (20.6 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. John Locke

Creator:: Attributed to John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Lead (on stone base)
Dimensions:: Overall: 29 × 23 × 9 inches (73.7 × 58.4 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Sir Andrew Fountaine

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: ca. 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 23 3/4 × 19 × 9 3/4 inches (60.3 × 48.3 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Samuel Johnson

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 x 14 x 11 inches (61 x 35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

26. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 3/4 x 17 x 9 inches (62.9 x 43.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of the British art historian Basil Taylor (1922–1975)
On View:: Not on view

27. A Shepherdess with a Bird's Nest

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Lead
Dimensions:: Overall: 49 x 14 1/2 x 15 inches (124.5 x 36.8 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Sir Isaac Newton

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Boxwood
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (16.5 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Peter Tillemans

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: 1727
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 27 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches, 73.5 lb. (69.9 × 47 × 22.2 cm, 33.3 kg)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, partial Gift of Cyril Humphris
On View:: Not on view

30. Francis, second Earl of Godolphin

Creator:: Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 1/2 x 13 x 11 inches (62.2 x 33 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

31. John Locke

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 13 inches (33 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774; reigned 1769–1774)

Creator:: Christopher Hewetson, 1737/38–1798
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 31 1/2 × 26 × 12 inches (80 × 66 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. William Hayley

Creator:: Thomas Alphonso Hayley, 1780–1800
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 inches (10.8 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Gift of Charles Ryskamp
On View:: Not on view

34. Sacrifice to Hercules

Creator:: Gaspar van der Hagen, active 1747–died 1769
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Marble relief
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 x 28 15/16 inches (61 x 73.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and a Gift from the Parnassus Foundation, Courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
On View:: Not on view

35. Bust of a Man

Creator:: Francis Harwood, 1726/7–1783
Date:: ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Black limestone on a yellow marble socle
Dimensions:: Overall: 28 × 20 × 10 1/2 inches (71.1 × 50.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. A Seated Woman

Creator:: Anne Seymour Damer, 1748–1828
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (23.8 x 16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

37. Bust of Niobe's Daughter, after the Antique

Creator:: Anne Seymour Damer, 1748–1828
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 17 1/4 x 9 x 8 1/2 inches (43.8 x 22.9 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

38. Allegory of Geometry

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Stoneware ('Coade Stone')
Dimensions:: Overall: 21 1/4 × 42 1/4 × 8 inches (54 × 107.3 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

39. Mr. Punch

Creator:: John Cheere, 1709–1787
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Lead
Dimensions:: Overall: 33 3/4 inches (85.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

40. Father Time

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Stoneware ('Coade Stone')
Dimensions:: Overall: 59 1/2 inches (151.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

41. Sir Isaac Newton

Creator:: David Le Marchand, 1674–1726
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 7/16 × 4 13/16 × 15/16 inches (16.3 × 12.2 × 2.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

42. Samson Slaying a Philistine

Creator:: John Cheere, 1709–1787
Date:: between 1740 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Lead
Dimensions:: Overall: 79 15/16 inches (203 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
On View:: Not on view

43. Portrait of a Man, called Francois Duquesnoy

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Ivory relief
Dimensions:: Overall: 5 7/8 × 3 15/16 inches (15 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

44. Dr. Anthony Addington

Creator:: Thomas Banks, 1735–1805
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 29 1/8 × 17 15/16 × 10 1/16 inches (74 × 45.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

45. Samuel Johnson

Creator:: Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Black basalt
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Osborn Collection, Beinecke Library

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1. The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnassus

2. The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts

3. Horse Frightened by a Lion (Episode A)

4. William III

5. Charles James Fox

6. George III

7. Hercules

8. Thomas Dawson, first Baron Dartrey (Later first Viscount Cremorne)

9. David Garrick

10. Sir Isaac Newton

11. Alexander Pope

12. Francis Hayman

13. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

14. Alexander Pope

15. Omphale

16. John Locke

17. William Congreve

18. William III

19. Ariadne

20. Cleopatra

21. Venus

22. Adonis

23. John Locke

24. Sir Andrew Fountaine

25. Samuel Johnson

26. Alexander Pope

27. A Shepherdess with a Bird's Nest

28. Sir Isaac Newton

29. Peter Tillemans

30. Francis, second Earl of Godolphin

31. John Locke

32. Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774; reigned 1769–1774)

33. William Hayley

34. Sacrifice to Hercules

35. Bust of a Man

36. A Seated Woman

37. Bust of Niobe's Daughter, after the Antique

38. Allegory of Geometry

39. Mr. Punch

40. Father Time

41. Sir Isaac Newton

42. Samson Slaying a Philistine

43. Portrait of a Man, called Francois Duquesnoy

44. Dr. Anthony Addington

45. Samuel Johnson