Exhibition HistoryThe Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
1771
37
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Sketch for "The Conversion of St. Paul" for the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
between 1709 and 1717
38
Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
The Great Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury
1757
39
William Taverner, 1703–1772
Nymphs Bathing in a Wooded Glade
ca. 1765-1770
40
Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury
1757
41
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Donnybrook Fair, 1782
1782
42
Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
A View of Boxhill from Norbury Park, Surrey
ca. 1775
43
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786
1786
44
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli
ca. 1750
45
Robert Healy, 1743–1771
Tom Conolly of Castletown Hunting with His Friends
1769
46
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Vauxhall Gardens
ca. 1784
47
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Roman Sketchbook
1746
48
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House
ca. 1765
49
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Stromboli
1750
50
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus
ca. 1750
51
Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed
ca. 1743-1745
52
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Illustration to the Iliad
between 1760 and 1769
53
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle
1783
54
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Prize Fight
1787
55
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital
ca. 1775
56
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Figures by a stream with cattle watering
undated
57
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze
1791
58
Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Lake Windermere
1786
59
Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
Sketchbook of Portrait Studies
1760s
60
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Admiral Vernon's Monument in Westminster Abbey
ca. 1763
61
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough
1790
62
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre
ca. 1785
63
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Place des Victoires, Paris
ca. 1783
64
Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
An English Man-of-War Taking Possession of a Ship
1783
65
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Mountainous Landscape
ca. 1780
66
Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Forest Scene
1771
67
John Brown, 1749–1787
The Geographers
undated
68
John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787
69
Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
The Hoo, Kimpton, Hertfordshire: Elevations and Details of a Gateway
ca. 1760-1764
70
Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Facade for a Temple of Peace, Kew Gardens, Surrey
ca. 1763
71
Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
A View of the Rotunda in the Garden at Stowe, Buckinghamshire
1753
72
Thomas Chippendale, 1718–1779
Design for a Writing Table
1754
73
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
The English Lady at Paris
1771
74
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
The French Lady in London
ca. 1771
75
James Gandon, 1742–1823
Elevation for the West Front of Parliament House, Dublin
ca. 1787
76
Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Mrs. Justinian Casamajor and Eight of her Children
1779
77
John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
between 1783 and 1787
78
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Near Chiavenna in the Grisons
ca. 1779
79
William Daniell, 1769–1837
Sankrydroog, Madras
1792
80
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Figures
ca. 1788
81
William Day, 1764–1807
Matlock Baths, Derbyshire
ca. 1789
82
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Venus and Mars
ca. 1790
83
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants
between 1765 and 1770
84
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
85
Prince Hoare, 1755–1834
Head of a Young Girl
1780
86
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"
1735
87
George Romney, 1734–1802
Italian Sketchbook
1773
88
Stephen Riou, 1720–1780
Design for 'the Houses of both sides of the intended Street to extend in a right line from the Mansion-House to More-Gate humbly proposed to consideration'
1762
89
John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for Wall Decoration
ca. 1800
90
George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Design for a Chimney Piece
1773
91
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)
1765-1773
92
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant