Creator Gender: female / On-site Access: Not on view / Genre: portrait

1. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: ca. 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas laid on panel
Dimensions:: 25 1/8 x 18 1/16 inches (63.8 x 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. The Artist in her Studio

Creator:: Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: 1952
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Louise Wheatley Collection, Gift of Alison, Kit, and Christopher Wheatley
On View:: Not on view

3. Young Woman Holding a Cat

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1920
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and graphite on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (34.9 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Girl Holding a Rose

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: 1915 to 1925
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 7/8 × 14 5/8 inches (45.4 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Pilgrim

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1920
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 × 21 3/8 inches (73.7 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Fanny Eaton

Creator:: Joanna Mary Wells (née Boyce), 1831–1861
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid to linen
Dimensions:: 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (17.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. The Book Worm

Creator:: Bertha Herkomer, 1858–1943
Date:: 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (50.2 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
On View:: Not on view

8. A Man, possibly David Harvey

Creator:: Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 5/16 × 22 7/8 inches (74.5 × 58.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. 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

10. Young Woman in Mulberry Dress

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: Winter 1923 to 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 3/4 x 16 inches (27.3 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Iola S. Haverstick
On View:: Not on view

11. Portrait with Folded Arms

Creator:: Phoebe Unwin, born 1979
Date:: 2009
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 57 × 47 inches (144.8 × 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Craig Jacobson
On View:: Not on view

12. Lucy Jones Blue Background

Creator:: Lucy Jones, born 1955
Date:: 1999
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 × 23 1/2 inches (69.9 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

13. The Song of the Shirt

Creator:: Anna Elizabeth Blunden, 1829–1915
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (47 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

14. Young Woman

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1920
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas laid to panel
Dimensions:: 18 7/8 × 14 1/4 inches (47.9 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Ian Hamilton Finlay

Creator:: Eileen Hogan, born 1946
Date:: 2012
Materials & Techniques:: Oil, wax, and charcoal on paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Frame: 39 3/8 × 33 1/4 inches (100 × 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, acquired with funds from the Bequest of Daniel S. Kalk
On View:: Not on view

16. Joseph Nollekens

Creator:: Attributed to David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: between 1770 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 19 inches (63.5 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. John Baskett

Creator:: Tessa Pullan, born 1953
Date:: 1992
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 14 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches (36.8 x 21 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Paul Mellon

Creator:: Angela Conner, born 1935
Date:: 1986
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 15 1/2 inches (39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Paul Mellon

Creator:: Tessa Pullan, born 1953
Date:: 1984, cast 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 14 1/2 x 7 x 8 1/2 inches (36.8 x 17.8 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Bust of Niobe's Daughter, after the Antique

Creator:: Anne Seymour Damer, 1748–1828
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 17 1/4 x 9 x 8 1/2 inches (43.8 x 22.9 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. Caroline Conway, Lady Aylesbury

Creator:: Anne Seymour Damer, 1748–1828
Date:: 18th century-19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Verona marble relief, mounted on rose velvet in an oval ebonized wood frame
Dimensions:: Overall: 13 x 11 inches (33 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

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1. Self-Portrait

2. The Artist in her Studio

3. Young Woman Holding a Cat

4. Girl Holding a Rose

5. The Pilgrim

6. Fanny Eaton

7. The Book Worm

8. A Man, possibly David Harvey

9. Elizabeth Bateson (née Harvey)

10. Young Woman in Mulberry Dress

11. Portrait with Folded Arms

12. Lucy Jones Blue Background

13. The Song of the Shirt

14. Young Woman

15. Ian Hamilton Finlay

16. Joseph Nollekens

17. John Baskett

18. Paul Mellon

19. Paul Mellon

20. Bust of Niobe's Daughter, after the Antique

21. Caroline Conway, Lady Aylesbury