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Smart, John, 1741–1811 5
Richardson, Jonathan the Elder, 1667–1745 4
Richmond, George, 1809–1896 4
Chinnery, George, 1774–1852 3
Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821 3
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723 3
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 3
Boitard, Louis Philippe, active 1734–1760 2
Cooper, Samuel, 1609–1672 2
De, Wilde Samuel, 1748–1832 2
Downman, John, 1750–1824 2
Edridge, Henry, 1769–1821 2
Engleheart, George, 1753–1829 2
Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1739–1808 2
Hoskins, John, ca. 1590–1665 2
Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810 2
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876 2
Linnell, John, 1729–1796 2
Loggan, David, 1633–1692 2
Luttrell, Edward, active 1680–1724 2
Oliver, Isaac, ca. 1565–1617 2
Patch, Thomas, 1725–1782 2
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784 2
Russell, John, 1745–1806 2
Ward, James, 1769–1859 2
Arlaud, Benjamin, ca. 1670–ca. 1721 1
Ashfield, Edmund, active 1669–1690? 1
Buck, Adam, 1759–1833 1
Buck, Nathaniel, active 1727–1753 1
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779 1

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 113

Image Use

Free to Use 113

Image Available

available 113

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 82
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 29
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 1
Prints 1

Collective Title

The Agreeable Surprise 1

Period

18th century 55
19th century 29
17th century 15
18th century-19th century 8
17th century-18th century 4
16th century 2

Materials & Techniques

graphite 43
laid paper 42
watercolor 40
gouache 34
wove paper 30
black chalk 26
red chalk 17
white chalk 17
brown ink 14
ivory 14
pastel 11
pen 10
brown wash 9
vellum (skin) 9
black ink 8
card 6
gray ink 5
gray wash 5
vellum 5
stumping 3
enamel 2
gold 2
oil paint 2
wash 2
Conté crayon 1
brown chalk 1
canvas 1
chalk 1
copper 1
gesso 1

Height [cm]

From

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Width [cm]

From

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Work Type

drawing 81
watercolor 62
miniature 29
intaglio print 1

Genre

portrait 100
figure study 17
genre subject 9
historical subject 3
architectural subject 1
landscape 1
literary theme 1
marine art 1

Subject Terms

portrait 100
man 23
figure study 16
woman 15
dress 8
genre subject 8
men 6
curls 5
hair 5
mother 5
profile 5
artist 4
chairs 4
children 4
costume 4
gaze 4
hat 4
head 4
oval 4
books 3
boy 3
child 3
collar 3
family 3
pearls 3
posing 3
ruff 3
top hat 3
wig 3
women 3

Subject Period

Associated Places

England 4
United Kingdom 3
Europe 2
Clandon Park 1
Devizes 1
East Sussex 1
Herstmonceux 1
London 1
Surrey 1
Wiltshire 1

Associated People

Alexander Pope 1
Bannister, John (1760–1836), actor 1
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728–1815), engraver 1
Blake, William (1757–1827), engraver, artist, and poet 1
Bradshaw, Elizabeth 1
Buck, Adam (1759–1833), miniature and portrait painter 1
Buck, Elizabeth, née Sydney (d. 1817), Adam Buck's wife 1
Butler, Samuel (bap. 1613, d. 1680), poet 1
Casamajor, Mary (nee Grant) 1
Chamberlain, Sir Thomas (d. 1625), judge 1
Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1
Clive, Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey (1725–1774), army officer in the East India Company and administrator in India 1
Close, Sir Barry, baronet (1756–1813), army officer in the East India Company and political officer in India 1
Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise) 1
Devereux, Robert, second earl of Essex (1565–1601), soldier and politician 1
Dighton, John, Lieutenant 1
Dormer, Elizabeth, Countess of Carnarvon (née Capel) (1633–1678), daughter of the first Baron Capel, and wife of Sir Charles Dormer, second Earl of Carnarvon 1
Edwin, John, the elder (1749–1790), actor and singer 1
Ellice [née Balfour], Katherine Jane [Janie] (1813–1864), diarist 1
Fitzherbert, [née Smythe; other married name Weld] Maria Anne (1756–1837), unlawful wife of George IV by a marriage invalid under the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 1
Gandon, James (1742–1823), architect 1
George I (1660–1727), king of Great Britain and Ireland and elector of Hanover 1
Henrietta Maria [Princess Henrietta Maria of France] (1609–1669), queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, consort of Charles I 1
Jackson, John (1778–1831), portrait painter and copyist 1
Jefferys, James (1751–1784), historical draughtsman 1
Johnstone, James Hope-, third earl of Hopetoun and de jure fifth earl of Annandale and Hartfell (1741–1816), landowner and army officer 1
Lens, Bernard (1682–1740), artist 1
Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise) 1
Linley, Mary [nee Johnson] (1729–1820), wife of Thomas Linley 1
Locke, John (1632–1704), philosopher 1

Exhibition History

English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 113

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 17
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 13
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 9
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 9
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 4
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 3
Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (British Museum, 1987-06-18 - 1987-08-31) 3
Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-09-19 - 1987-11-08) 3
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010-03-06 - 2010-07-04) 3
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-10-15 - 2010-01-03) 3
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 3
Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05) 2
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07) 2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 2
Richard and Maria Cosway - Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion (National Portrait Gallery, 1996-11-17 - 1997-02-18) 2
Richard and Maria Cosway - Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1995-08-11 - 1995-10-29) 2
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 2
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31) 1
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) 1
Artists of the Tudor Court - The Portrait Miniature Rediscovered (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983-07-06 - 1983-11-06) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 1

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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 112
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

Benjamin Read

ca. 1757
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873

Janie Ellice: Full Length Sketch

1835 to 1841
Accessible in the Study Room
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772

Two Children and a dog, called Marcellus and John Laroon

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830

Mrs. Thomas Linley, née Mary Johnson

1790 to 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Patch, 1725–1782

Sketchbook of Portrait Studies

1760s
Accessible in the Study Room
Archibald Rutherford, 1743–1779

Portrait of a Man

1774
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Edward Mason

between 1755 and 1760
Accessible in the Study Room
George Richmond, 1809–1896

William Blake in Youth and Age

ca. 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871

Georgiana, Duchess of Bedford

1824
Accessible in the Study Room
John Greenhill, 1644–1676

Portrait of Phillip Woolrich (born 1628)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Jackson, 1778–1831

Self-Portrait

ca. 1823
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824

Joseph Hickey, Jr

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807

Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia

1765
Accessible in the Study Room
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864

Portrait Study of a Girl

ca. 1823
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Portrait of John Locke, The Philosopher

after 1704
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723

Head of a Man

1732
Accessible in the Study Room
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810

Mrs. James Paine, Newman Street

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Mrs. William Wilberforce and Child

1824
Accessible in the Study Room
David Loggan, 1633–1692

Portrait of a Lady

1666
Accessible in the Study Room
Daniel Maclise, 1806–1870

Henry Sass

between 1830 and 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Buck, 1696–1779

The Southwest view of Hertsmonceux Castle in the County of Sussex
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745

Sir. Hans Sloane

1740
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Study of a Cossack: Gregory Yellowstuff

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745

Portrait of Jonathan Richardson the Younger

1733
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Crawhall, 1861–1913

Self Portrait

early 1890's
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Cooper, 1609–1672

Portrait of a Man in Armor

1650
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Cooper, 1609–1672

Charles Stuart, third Duke of Richmond and sixth Duke of Lennox

between 1661 and 1667
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

William Molyneaux, second Earl of Sefton: on a Box Seat, Holding Reins... [Read more]

between 1801 and 1802
Accessible in the Study Room
George Richmond, 1809–1896

Hon. and Rev. Baptist Wriothesley Noel (1798-1873)

between 1835 and 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745

Alexander Pope

ca. 1736
Accessible in the Study Room
George Richmond, 1809–1896

Benjamin Disraeli, Sketched at a Royal Academy Dinner

1876
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832

A Gentleman, full length, Holding a Paper and Pencil

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832

A Lady, full length, Wearing a Blue Sash and Holding a Fan

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Lady in a Bonnet

between 1760 and 1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760

Self-Portrait with Two Young Men

between 1730 and 1740
Accessible in the Study Room
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876

Sheik Hussein of Gebel Tor and His Son

between 1842 and 1843
Accessible in the Study Room
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876

A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle, 1826

1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734

The House of Commons

after 1731
Accessible in the Study Room
John Hayter, 1800–1895

George Graham and His Wife, Margaret, Making a Balloon Ascent, London, 1823

1823
Accessible in the Study Room
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784

Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
Adam Buck, 1759–1833

The Artist and his Family

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
John Vanderbank, 1694–1739

Preparatory Study for the decoration "Equestrian Portrait of George I"

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Mrs. Morland's Portrait

ca. 1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745

Self-Portrait

ca. 1733
Accessible in the Study Room
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760

Portrait of a Man with a Double Chin

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Thomas Palmer

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Edward Byng, c. 1676–1753

General Joseph Sabine

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

Portrait of a Man

ca. 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
George Chinnery, 1774–1852

Portrait of a Gentleman Called Michael Thomas Sadler

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Arlaud, ca. 1670–ca. 1721

William, second Lord Grey of Rolleston and sixth Baron North

1701-1719
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Cotes, 1734–1818

Portrait of an Infantry Officer

1767
Accessible in the Study Room
William Grimaldi, 1751–1830

William Grimaldi, Son of the Artist

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619

Portrait of a Lady

between 1600 and 1615
Accessible in the Study Room
Follower of Thomas Hazlehurst, active 1740–1821

Elizabeth DeQuincey, nee Penson

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784

Portrait of a Lady

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Horace Hone, 1756–1825

Thomas Quincey

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Lucas Horenbout, 1490/95–1544

Portrait of an Unknown Lady

ca. 1535
Accessible in the Study Room
John Hoskins, ca. 1590–1665

A Lady of the North Family

between 1620 and 1624
Accessible in the Study Room
David Des Granges, ca. 1611–in or before 1672

Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609-1669

after 1636
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter Paul Lens, 1714–1750

Bernard Lens III (1682-1740)

1739
Accessible in the Study Room
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740

The Reverand Dr. John Harris

1707
Accessible in the Study Room
William Wood, 1768–1809

George Wolrige of Garlinneck

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Francis Xavier Vispré, active 1730–1790

Louis François Roubiliac

ca. 1760
Accessible in the Study Room
George Richmond, 1809–1896

Portrait of Samuel Palmer, Head and Shoulders

1830
Accessible in the Study Room
John Russell, 1745–1806

Head of a Lady

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784

Man Standing Holding a Staff in His Left Hand, Full Length

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Jefferys, 1751–1784

Self-Portrait

between 1771 and 1775
Accessible in the Study Room
John Russell, 1745–1806

John Collins of Devizes

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

James Gandon and Family

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
James Sharples, ca. 1751–1811

Portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, Wife of George IV

between 1782 and 1785
Accessible in the Study Room
Studio of Antonio Verrio, ca. 1639–1707

James II Receiving the Mathematical Scholars of Christ's Hospital

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Luttrell, active 1680–1724

Samuel Butler, the Author of Hudibras

between 1682 and 1690
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Edward Luttrell, active 1680–1724

Charles II

between 1675 and 1680
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Patch, 1725–1782

Valentino, Servitore de Piazza

1769
Accessible in the Study Room
Lawrence Crosse, ca. 1645–1724

Colonel James Griffin, Aged 15

1682
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Edridge, 1769–1821

John Bannister

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
George Engleheart, 1753–1829

Lady Grace Burnaby

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
George Engleheart, 1753–1829

A Lady of the Blunt Family

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Gibson, 1615–1690

Elizabeth Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon (née Capel)

ca. 1665
Accessible in the Study Room
Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617

Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex

ca. 1596
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter Oliver, 1589–1647

Charles I, when Prince of Wales

between 1618 and 1621
Accessible in the Study Room
Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617

Dudley North, third Baron North (1581-1666)

ca. 1609
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Major General Sir Barry Close

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Robert Clive, first Baron Clive of Plassey

1776
Accessible in the Study Room
Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715–1763

Elizabeth Bradshaw

1757
Accessible in the Study Room
William Mulready, 1786–1863

Self-Portrait of the Artist Reclining on a Gothic Couch Reading a Book

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
George Dance, 1741–1825

Portrait of a Boy

August 3, 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808

Portrait of a Divine

after 1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808

Henry Reveley

1770
Accessible in the Study Room
John Hollins, 1798–1855

Henry Cranmer March Phillipps

1829
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

John Keats

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810

Portrait study of John Inigo Richards, R.A

ca. 1771
Accessible in the Study Room
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810

John Flaxman

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
David Loggan, 1633–1692

Portrait of a Gentleman

1684
Accessible in the Study Room
John Downman, 1750–1824

Miss Campbell

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
John Downman, 1750–1824

John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Lady Wigram with Her Infant Son, William Pitt Wigram

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Portrait of Lt. John Dighton

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Miss Barbara Hill (d. 1838)

ca. 1777
Accessible in the Study Room
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812

Woman Holding a Mask

between 1795 and 1800

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