Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Subject Terms: conversation piece and man

1. 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

2. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1750 and 1751
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

3. The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 73 x 60 inches (185.4 x 152.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. 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

6. Evening

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Sir Robert and Lady Smyth with Their Son, Hervey

Creator:: Attributed to Andrea Soldi, 1703–1771
Date:: between 1738 and 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 61 1/4 × 49 1/4 inches (155.6 × 125.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Portrait of a Family, Probably the Streatfeild Family

Creator:: William Dobson, 1611–1646
Date:: ca. 1645
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

9. Birth of the Heir

Creator:: William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:: ca. 1799
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

10. Free West Indian Dominicans

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (31.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Conversation Piece

Creator:: Mason Chamberlin, 1722–1787
Date:: 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 26 3/4 inches (63.5 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Emily and George Mason

Creator:: Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Date:: between 1794 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/2 × 39 inches (108 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. An English Family in Macao

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 3/4 x 23 1/8 inches (73 x 58.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. An Unknown Man with His Daughter

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1746 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches (48.9 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

Creator:: John Greenwood, 1727–1792
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 43 inches (90.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Lovers in a landscape

Creator:: Pieter Jan van Reysschoot, 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 21 inches (49.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. A Family Being Served with Tea, possibly the Carter family

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 55 inches (106.7 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. The John Bacon Family

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1742 and 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 51 5/8 inches (76.2 x 131.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. 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

21. 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

22. A Club of Gentlemen

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 23 inches (47 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. 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

24. 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

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1. John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

2. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

3. The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire

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

5. The Sense of Sight

6. Evening

7. Sir Robert and Lady Smyth with Their Son, Hervey

8. Portrait of a Family, Probably the Streatfeild Family

9. Birth of the Heir

10. Free West Indian Dominicans

11. Conversation Piece

12. Emily and George Mason

13. An English Family in Macao

14. The Buckley-Boar Family

15. An Unknown Man with His Daughter

16. John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

17. Lovers in a landscape

18. A Family Being Served with Tea, possibly the Carter family

19. The John Bacon Family

20. Lovers in a glade

21. A Family Group Called 'The Stafford Family'

22. A Club of Gentlemen

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

24. Family Group