Exhibition History: The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: genre subject

1. 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

2. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. David Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband"

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas laid to board
Dimensions:: 28 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (71.4 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. 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

6. John Broughton

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: ca. 1767
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

7. 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

8. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/2 x 99 inches (118.1 x 251.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. 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

10. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 3/8 x 40 inches (128 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. British Gentlemen in Rome

Creator:: Katharine Read, 1723–1778
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/4 × 53 inches (94.6 × 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 43 x 60 3/4 inches (109.2 x 154.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. 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

16. The Dilettanti Society

Creator:: Print made by William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (proof before letters) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/4 × 18 inches (61.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (42.8 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. A Gentleman's Art Gallery

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and gray ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 inches (14.4 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Covent Garden Market

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1795 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown ink, and graphite, with pen and gray line and gray wash on border; verso: watercolor blots and pen and ink lines on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 9/16 inches (15.7 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (21 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Gaming Table

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and gray ink, over graphite on moderately thick, moderatedly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (14.9 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Book Auction

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 9 13/16 inches (15.2 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Vauxhall Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/16 x 20 11/16 inches (38.3 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Mr. Michell's Picture Gallery, Grove House, Enfield 1817

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and gray ink and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (14.9 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A Punch and Judy Show

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches (14.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Bodmin Cornwall: The Arrival of the Stage-Coach

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 15 inches (23.5 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting 1771

Creator:: Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 22in. (47 x 55.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Garrick, In the Character of Abel Drugger

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches (58.7 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Checkmate

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (14 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Opera Singers

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 4 11/16 inches (14 x 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Customs House at Boulogne

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1790s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 11 9/16 inches (20.3 x 29.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Going to School

Creator:: John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:: between 1801 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 6 1/8 inches (19.1 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Preparing for the Hunt

2. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

3. Musical Conversation

4. David Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband"

5. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

6. John Broughton

7. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

8. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

9. Covent Garden

10. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

11. Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters

12. British Gentlemen in Rome

13. North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington

14. Portrait of a Man and a Boy Looking at Prints

15. Academy by Lamplight

16. The Dilettanti Society

17. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

18. A Gentleman's Art Gallery

19. Covent Garden Market

20. A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire

21. The Gaming Table

22. A Book Auction

23. Vauxhall Gardens

24. Mr. Michell's Picture Gallery, Grove House, Enfield 1817

25. A Punch and Judy Show

26. Bodmin Cornwall: The Arrival of the Stage-Coach

27. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting 1771

28. Garrick, In the Character of Abel Drugger

29. Checkmate

30. The Opera Singers

31. Customs House at Boulogne

32. Going to School