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A Country Gentleman
Creator:
Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
Creator:
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:
between 1754 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Arabella Pershall, Lady Glenorchy
Creator:
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:
1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 x 24 inches (73.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Henry Bellenden
Creator:
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:
ca. 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 49 inches (106.7 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

705. Mary Adam

Mary Adam
Creator:
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:
1754
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
37 x 28 inches (94 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Family Group
Creator:
James Millar, ca.1735–1805
Date:
between 1774 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 × 40 1/2 inches (127 × 102.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor
Creator:
Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:
between 1710 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/8 x 45 1/2 inches (76.5 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698
Creator:
Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:
ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/4 x 54 inches (61.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Old horses with a dog in a stable
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 15 inches (29.8 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Winter Landscape
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches (69.9 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Man and a Boy Looking at Prints
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
between 1765 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Fishmonger's stall
Creator:
Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:
1737
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
12 × 10 inches (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Family
Creator:
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Date:
1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Children at Play, Probably the Artist's Son Jacobus and Daughter Maria Joanna Sophia
Creator:
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (35.9 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Children Playing with a Hobby Horse
Creator:
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Date:
between 1741 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Shipping in a Calm
Creator:
Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:
between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Selling Guinea Pigs
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Rocky Landscape with Two Men on a Horse
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
9 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (25.1 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Indian girl
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 9 inches (21 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John Quick as Tony Allspice
Creator:
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
22 1/4 × 15 inches (56.5 × 38.1 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
Sign for a Paviour
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Study for a Group Portrait
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:
between 1729 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/8 × 18 1/2 inches (35.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Family Group Called 'The Stafford Family'
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 × 55 inches (99.1 × 139.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Benjamin Cole
Creator:
Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Peter Dollond
Creator:
John Hoppner, 1758–1810
Date:
1775 to 1779
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 7/8 × 25 inches (75.9 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Charles Pinfold
Creator:
Thomas Hudson, 1701–1779
Date:
1756
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Stage Coach on a Country Road
Creator:
Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 13 inches (26 x 33 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Self-Portrait
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 x 26 inches (81.3 x 66 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Admiral John Markham
Creator:
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Angel of Mercy
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:
ca. 1746
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 1/2 x 19 inches (59.7 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Rinaldo and Armida
Creator:
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
51 1/2 × 60 1/4 inches (130.8 × 153 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William, later Dr. Vyse
Creator:
Tilly Kettle, 1735–1786
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Hob Continues Dancing in Spite of his Father
Creator:
John Laguerre, 1688–1746
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/4 x 36 1/2 inches (89.5 x 92.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Kidbrooke Park, Kent
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 45 1/4 inches (76.2 x 114.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Saltwood Castle
Creator:
George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 3/4 x 36 3/4 inches (50.2 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Dinner Conversation
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
between 1735 and 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 12 inches (35.6 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lovers in a Park
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 1/2 × 21 inches (64.8 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Scene in a park, with figures from the Commedia dell'Arte
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 1/4 x 34 1/2 inches (92.1 x 87.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I"
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
1746
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 28 1/2 inches (91.4 x 72.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Samuel Lysons
Creator:
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship 'Portland' Delivering the Leeward Island Convoy, in 1776
Creator:
Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]
Creator:
William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 × 54 inches (91.4 × 137.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar
Creator:
D. Robert, active ca. 1775–1800
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 55 inches (99.1 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Head of a Young Boy
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:
ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (28.9 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Thomas Graham
Creator:
Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
31 x 25 inches (78.7 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Death of Lucretia
Creator:
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:
1763 to 1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
84 x 104 inches (213.4 x 264.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Brothers Clarke with Other Gentlemen Taking Wine
Creator:
Gawen Hamilton, ca. 1697–1737
Date:
between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 1/2 x 45 1/2 inches (82.6 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Sketch of a Young Girl
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:
ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (28.9 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Lady
Creator:
Thomas Bardwell, 1704–1767
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (49.8 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Gentleman
Creator:
Thomas Bardwell, 1704–1767
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (49.8 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Study of a Girl's Head
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Woman of the Court at Faizabad, India
Creator:
Tilly Kettle, 1735–1786
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
76 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (194.9 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Henry Portman Seymour
Creator:
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:
1714
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 x 39 inches (124.5 x 99.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lovers in a glade
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
between 1750 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 3/8 × 27 1/2 inches (89.9 × 69.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland
Creator:
Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
33 3/8 × 57 inches (84.8 × 144.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
House on a Common
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 1/4 x 33 1/4 inches (66.7 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Joshua Rose of Liverpool
Creator:
Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper laid to canvas
Dimensions:
10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (27.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Unknown Man
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1746
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 3/4 × 27 3/4 inches (90.8 × 70.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Practical Joke
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
7 x 11 inches (17.8 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Woman
Creator:
George Knapton, 1698–1778
Date:
between 1735 and 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 3/8 × 27 3/4 inches (89.9 × 70.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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

765. Hercules

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
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

767. Cleopatra

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

768. Ariadne

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
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

770. Omphale

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
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
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
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
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

775. Venus

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

776. Adonis

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

777. George III

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

778. John Locke

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
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
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
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
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
Bust of the Reverend George Whitfield: with ruddy cheeks, prominent mole, black robes and clerical collar
Creator:
Staffordshire pottery
Date:
ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Staffordshire pearlware bust
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4in. (32.4cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Hunting Scenes: five oval plaques in one frame, perhaps Staffordshire or Liverpool and possibly enamel transfer-printed in black
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Enamel transfer-printed in black on ceramic
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Bust of the Reverend John Wesley: in clerical collar and black robes
Creator:
Staffordshire pottery
Date:
ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:
Staffordshire (Enoch Wood) pearlware bust
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2in. (31.8cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Setter: Standing
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Pearlware figure
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4in. (28.6cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
Academy by Lamplight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
Sir Charles Linnaeus
Creator:
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Wedgwood black basaltes
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4in. (10.2cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
King George III
Creator:
Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Wedgwood and Bentley blue and white jasper, with contemporary ormolu frame with pierced ribbon finials
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Queen Charlotte
Creator:
Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Wedgwood and Bentley blue and white jasper, with contemporary ormolu frame with pierced ribbon finials
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
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
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
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
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
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