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 Use: Free to Use

1. Lustre, held by a Groom

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 3/4 inches (118.1 × 144.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. Wilton House from the Southeast

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 56 3/4 inches (99.1 x 144.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. View of the City of Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 7/8 x 82 5/8 inches (141.9 x 209.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. 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

6. A View of Tivoli

Creator:: Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
Date:: between 1750 and 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/8 x 45 5/8 inches (81.6 x 115.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Mall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1740 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches (74.9 x 120 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Hermitage

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/2 x 51 3/8 inches (82.6 x 130.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. St. Mary's Abbey, York

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. An Ornithologist, Possibly John Latham

Creator:: Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 58 x 58 inches (147.3 x 147.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. The Jockey Frank Buckle, the Owner-Breeder John Wastell, his Trainer Robert Robson, and a Stable-lad

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (46.4 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1742
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. 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

17. Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches (47.6 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. 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

19. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Self-Portrait with His Daughter Maria Theresa, James Cervetto, and Giacobbe Cervetto

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 76 x 64 3/4 inches (193 x 164.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

Creator:: John Cordrey, active 1765–1825
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/8 inches (51.8 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1748 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 × 39 inches (104.1 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Caernarfon Castle

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 41 5/16 inches (64.8 x 104.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. The Browne Family

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 35 inches (70.5 × 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Zebra

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 3/4 x 30 inches (62.9 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Snowdon from Capel Curig

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 7/8 x 79 inches (134.3 x 200.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Study of a Fox

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: between 1810 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid to board
Dimensions:: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (15.9 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

Creator:: Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:: 1809
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. 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

30. Studies of Flowers

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/4 x 33 inches (48.9 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. A Party Angling

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1789
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

32. 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

33. Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1745 to 1747
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 7/8 x 26 1/4 inches (75.9 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. Temple, Fountain and Cave in Sezincote Park

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 15/16 × 50 inches (101.4 × 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. 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

37. James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

Creator:: Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 5/8 x 48 3/4 inches (98.1 x 123.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. 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

39. 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

40. Group of Whelps Bred between a Lion and a Tigress

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: 1825
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

41. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 7/8 x 38 1/4 inches (73.3 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: Jan Siberechts, 1627–ca. 1703
Date:: 1697
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 75 1/2 × 54 1/2 inches (191.8 × 138.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. Revellers on a Coach

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 5/8 x 24 3/8 inches (42.2 x 61.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. The Buckley-Boar Family

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 3/4 x 43 1/2 inches (98.4 x 110.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. Thomas Newenham

Creator:: Attributed to Edward Haytley, active 1740–1761
Date:: ca. 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (49.5 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance

Creator:: John Feary, ca. 1745–1788
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 x 48 inches (69.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 3rd, 1836

Creator:: Attributed to H. J. Aveling, active 1839–1842
Date:: exhibited 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 32 inches (55.9 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

48. 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

49. Charles Collyer as a Boy, with a Cricket Bat

Creator:: Francis Cotes, 1726–1770
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches (90.8 x 70.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

50. Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti

Creator:: Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811
Date:: between 1759 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (72.4 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Lustre, held by a Groom

2. The Family of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu and an Attendant

3. Wilton House from the Southeast

4. View of the City of Edinburgh

5. Musical Conversation

6. A View of Tivoli

7. The Mall

8. The Hermitage

9. St. Mary's Abbey, York

10. An Ornithologist, Possibly John Latham

11. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

12. Preparing for the Hunt

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

14. The Jockey Frank Buckle, the Owner-Breeder John Wastell, his Trainer Robert Robson, and a Stable-lad

15. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

16. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

17. Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge

18. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

19. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

20. Self-Portrait with His Daughter Maria Theresa, James Cervetto, and Giacobbe Cervetto

21. J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

22. George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers

23. Caernarfon Castle

24. The Browne Family

25. Zebra

26. Snowdon from Capel Curig

27. Study of a Fox

28. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

29. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

30. Studies of Flowers

31. A Party Angling

32. Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

33. Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family

34. Portrait of a Woman

35. Temple, Fountain and Cave in Sezincote Park

36. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

37. James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

38. Covent Garden

39. John Broughton

40. Group of Whelps Bred between a Lion and a Tigress

41. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

42. Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire

43. Revellers on a Coach

44. The Buckley-Boar Family

45. Thomas Newenham

46. One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance

47. First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 3rd, 1836

48. British Gentlemen in Rome

49. Charles Collyer as a Boy, with a Cricket Bat

50. Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti