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The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax and oil on millboard
Dimensions:
26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Phaeton with a Pair of Cream Ponies and a Stable-Lad
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
between 1780 and 1784
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:
35 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (89.5 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 15/16 x 50 1/16 inches (101.4 x 127.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 29 1/4 inches (63.5 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1767
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, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
A Repose after Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/4 x 50 1/2 inches (102.2 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 49 inches (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Self-Portrait
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (14 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Purchased in memory of Paul Mellon on the occasion of his centennial
On View:
Not on view
James Caulfeild, fourth Viscount Charlemont (Later first Earl of Charlemont)
Creator:
Pompeo Batoni, 1708–1787
Date:
between 1753 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
38 1/2 x 29 inches (97.8 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
John Palmer, Barrister of the Inner Temple
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 15/16 x 25 inches (76 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1732
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (47.9 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches (71.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Ann Hogarth
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (46.7 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Mary Hogarth
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (46.7 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
James Romney
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
10 1/8 × 8 1/8 inches (25.7 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mrs. Thomas Phipps
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
1780
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, Gift of Ansom Peckham, Yale '40
On View:
Not on view
A Man Called Mr. Cross
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 11/16 x 24 7/8 inches (75.4 x 63.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oswald B. Lord
On View:
Not on view
Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
between 1748 and 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William Weddell
Creator:
Pompeo Batoni, 1708–1787
Date:
between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 3/8 x 38 1/8 inches (133 x 96.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon
Creator:
John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School
Creator:
John Smibert, 1688–1751
Date:
1724
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
95 1/4 x 59 inches (241.9 x 149.9 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
Nancy Parsons in Turkish dress
Creator:
George Willison, 1741–1797
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
22 1/2 × 18 3/4 inches (57.2 × 47.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Elizabeth Bateson (née Harvey)
Creator:
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:
ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 5/16 x 22 7/8 inches (74.5 x 58.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"
Creator:
Benjamin van der Gucht, 1753–1794
Date:
between 1773 and 1774
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
The Rt. Honorable Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham, Berkshire
Creator:
Jean-Baptiste van Loo, 1684–1745
Date:
1732
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 Fund
On View:
Not on view
Mrs. Wardle
Creator:
Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:
1742
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 1/4 x 40 inches (125.1 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
51 1/4 x 65 inches (130.2 x 165.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of John Phillippo Nighorus
Creator:
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 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
Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire
Creator:
George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:
1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
46 1/8 x 43 5/8 inches (117.2 x 110.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Winter Landscape
Creator:
George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:
ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 7/8 x 16 3/4 inches (30.2 x 42.5 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
The Great Fire of London
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 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

40. Durham

Durham
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 41 inches (50.8 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i
Creator:
Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778
Date:
ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 x 20 inches (66 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
A Woman, possibly Anne (née Ward) Morland, Wife of the Artist
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 11/16 x 9 11/16 inches (29.7 x 24.6 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
Admiral Lord Bridport
Creator:
Lemuel Francis Abbott, ca. 1760–1802
Date:
ca. 1795
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
An Unknown Man Seated at a Table
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
between 1744 and 1746
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Louisa Lane, Called 'Cecilia'
Creator:
John Hoppner, 1758–1810
Date:
exhibited 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 3/16 x 24 3/4 inches (76.7 x 62.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh
Creator:
Tilly Kettle, 1735–1786
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 × 40 inches (127 × 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Coastal Landscape with a Shepherd and His Flock
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
between 1783 and 1784
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
An Imaginary Italianate Landscape with Classical Figures and a Waterfall
Creator:
Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:
ca. 1773
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 3/16 x 20 7/8 inches (36 x 53 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
Self-Portrait
Creator:
William Keeble, 1714–1774
Date:
1748
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/8 × 25 inches (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Merton College, Oxford
Creator:
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 3/4 x 35 5/8 inches (70.5 x 90.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
113 1/4 x 127 1/8 inches (287.7 x 322.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Imaginary Landscape with a Wagon and a Distant View of a Town
Creator:
Thomas Smith of Derby, ca. 1720–1767
Date:
ca. 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
4 7/8 x 7 3/16 inches (12.4 x 18.3 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
William Lowndes, Auditor of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 15/16 x 40 3/16 inches (126.8 x 102.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Unfinished Study of the Head of James Thomson
Creator:
William Aikman, 1682–1731
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 7/16 x 15 5/16 inches (49.4 x 38.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Creator:
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/8 x 27 1/4 inches (89.2 x 69.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1719 and 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/4 x 23 3/8 inches (43.8 x 59.4 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
John Michael Rysbrack Modelling His Terra-Cotta Statue of Hercules
Creator:
Andrea Soldi, 1703–1771
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
45 3/16 x 35 3/4 inches (114.8 x 90.8 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
Pope's Villa, Twickenham
Creator:
Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:
ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 5/16 x 32 1/8 inches (44 x 81.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Calke Hall, Derbyshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Harpur, Bt.
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1734
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 3/4 x 36 inches (60.3 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Northumberland House, London
Creator:
Attributed to William James, active 1754–1771
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 16 inches (29.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 3/4 x 76 inches (101 x 193 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
Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"
Creator:
Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775
Date:
1767 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches (59.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur
Creator:
Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper
Dimensions:
12 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii
Creator:
Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I
Creator:
Landscape by William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (92.1 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
An Exercise in Haute Ecole: the Passage to the Left along a Wall, after Vanderbank
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/2 x 12 inches (47 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Billiard Room
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/8 x 27 1/4 inches (46 x 69.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1790 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (26 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
94 x 58 inches (238.8 x 147.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
George, third Earl Cowper (1738-1789)
Creator:
Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728–1779
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 3/8 x 16 inches (49.2 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

79. Rochester

Rochester
Creator:
Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
9 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (25.1 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland
Creator:
William Ashford, 1746–1824
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
16 9/16 x 24 1/16 inches (42.1 x 61.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
View on the River Thames at Richmond
Creator:
William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (33.7 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

82. Whitehall

Whitehall
Creator:
William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 × 35 7/8 inches (71.1 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Port of London
Creator:
Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 3/4 x 33 7/8 inches (55.2 x 86 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
The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 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
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
A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 x 27 inches (86.4 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Unknown Man
Creator:
Tilly Kettle, 1735–1786
Date:
1764 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/4 x 40 3/8 inches (127.6 x 102.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Musical Conversation
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 x 30 7/8 inches (66 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Barber
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
between 1760 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (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
Young Women with a Lamb
Creator:
Thomas Hudson, 1701–1779
Date:
ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
54 1/2 × 45 1/4 inches (138.4 × 114.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Garrison Norton
On View:
Not on view
Alexander Pope
Creator:
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:
1738
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 33 inches (99.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Sir Theodore Colladon
Creator:
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:
ca. 1705
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 Brahmin Committing his Daughter Coraly to the Care of Blandford
Creator:
Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches (44.8 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift in Appreciation of Paul Mellon
On View:
Not on view

98. 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
The Marmalong Bridge
Creator:
William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 x 36 inches (68.6 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view