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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 14
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814 12
Hayman, Francis, 1707/8–1776 7
Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848 6
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 6
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811 5
Unknown artist 5
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833 4
Rowney, & Forster, active 1820–1822 4
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 3
Gravelot, Hubert-François, 1699–1773 3
Truchy, L., 1721–1764 3
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 2
Collet, John, ca. 1725–1780 2
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 2
Cruikshank, Robert Isaac, 1789–1856 2
Dadd, Richard, 1817–1886 2
Dance, George, 1741–1825 2
Edy, John William, 1760–1820 2
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792–1871 2
Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864 2
Ibbetson, Julius Caesar, 1759–1817 2
Scharf, George Johann, 1788–1860 2
Tookey, James, active 1787–1805 2
Wigstead, Henry, ca. 1745–ca. 1800 2
Abbott, Lemuel, 1760 or 1761–1802 1
Basire, James, 1730–1802 1
Benoist, Guillaume Philippe, 1725–approximately 1770 1
Bourgeois, Peter Francis, Sir, 1756–1811 1
Bowles, John, 1701–1779 1

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 121

Image Use

Free to Use 121

Image Available

available 121

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 78
Prints 43

Collective Title

Twelve Illustrations to Contemporary Life and Diversions 6
The Fairs 4
Desseins Originaux des Attitudes Continuée dans L'École des Armes 1
Sketches for the Passions 1

Period

18th century 58
19th century 40
18th century-19th century 22
17th century-18th century 1

Materials & Techniques

watercolor 51
graphite 50
wove paper 48
laid paper 39
black ink 35
brown ink 30
pen 24
gray wash 17
gray ink 12
pens 12
brown wash 8
gouache 7
mezzotint 5
etching (printing process) 4
hand coloring 4
line engraving 4
lithography 4
stipple engraving 4
black chalk 3
ink 2
red chalk 2
white chalk 2
black wash 1
colored ink 1
gum 1
red ink 1
scraping 1
stump 1

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From

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Work Type

drawing 75
watercolor 63
intaglio print 15
planographic print 4
ticket 1

Genre

genre subject 75
sporting art 13
architectural subject 11
cityscape 8
portrait 8
landscape 4
figure study 3
animal art 2
historical subject 1

Subject Terms

genre subject 66
men 33
women 27
leisure 21
hats 18
trees 18
children 16
sporting art 14
dog (animal) 12
architectural subject 9
windows 8
woman 8
buildings 7
cityscape 7
crowd 7
dogs (animals) 7
fair 7
girl 7
portrait 7
audience 6
caricature 6
coats 6
costume 6
dresses 6
games 6
landscape 6
bonnets 5
boys 5
chairs 5
dancing 5

Subject Period

Associated Places

England 23
United Kingdom 23
Europe 17
London 14
Southwark 4
Bath 3
City of Westminster 3
Lambeth 3
Vauxhall Gardens 3
Bath and Northeast Somerset 2
Chelsea 2
Greater London 2
Somerset 2
Avon 1
Barnet 1
Berkshire 1
Burlington House 1
Cheltenham 1
Covent Garden 1
Croydon 1
Drury Lane 1
English Channel 1
Gloucestershire 1
Goodwin Sands 1
Green Park 1
Hurst 1
Hyde Park 1
Islington 1
Kennington 1
Kent 1

Associated People

Cecil, Mary Amelia [Emily Mary], marchioness of Salisbury (1750–1835), political hostess and sportswoman 1
Crachami, Caroline (possibly 1815–1824) 1
Dadd, Richard (1817–1886), painter 1
Hunt, Sarah (née Holloway) (1812–1857), wife of William Henry Hunt (1790–1864) 1
Moore, James (British painter, 1762–1799) 1
Sicilian Fairy 1

Exhibition History

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 121

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 13
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 7
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 6
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 6
Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30) 5
Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31) 5
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13) 5
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30) 5
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17) 5
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31) 4
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10) 4
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 3
Thomas Rowlandson - Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England (Block Museum of Art, 2011-01-14 - 2011-03-13) 3
Thomas Rowlandson - Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England (Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 2011-04-08 - 2011-06-12) 3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 2
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04) 2
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 2
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 2
Richard Dadd Exhibition (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1994-05-03 - 1994-06-03) 2
Three Centuries of Comic Art-Eighteenth Century Satire: John Collet (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998-06-06 - 1998-08-23) 2
' Art on the Line ' : the Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836 (The Courtauld Gallery, 2001-10-17 - 2002-01-20) 1
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13) 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

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 113
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 3
Yale Center for British Art 1

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Exhibition History: Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764

Southwark Fair

1733
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Figures on Margate Beach

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

ca. 1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

ca. 1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

ca. 1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

ca. 1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

ca. 1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Comforts of Bath: The Pump Room

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Female Dancer with a Tambourine

between 1790 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

The Angling Party

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Miss Tipapin Going for All Nine

1779
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

The Billiard Room

ca. 1801
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

A Punch and Judy Show

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Checkmate

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Vauxhall Gardens

ca. 1784
Accessible in the Study Room
William Dickinson, 1746–1823

[Patience in a Punt]

ca. 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
George Hunt, active 1820–1840

Foot Ball

ca. 1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Rosenberg, active 1790–1820

Mr. H. Angelo's Fencing Academy

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

To the Royal Kentish Bowmen, This Plate of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Tookey, active 1787–1805

Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Sluice at the East End

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
William Ward, 1766–1826

[Golf] Henry Callender Esq're. To the Society of Goffers at Blackheath

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801

A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst,... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Elegant Company Dancing

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Butterfly Hunting

ca. 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Dance, 1741–1825

A Man doing the Splits

between 1760 and 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to George Dance, 1741–1825

The Peep Show

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811

Conquering a Chromatic Passage

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to James Holworthy, 1780–1841

Miss Templeton, Mr. Holworthy and Miss Crewe, Sketching in a Wooded Landscape

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773

A Picnic: Two Ladies and a Gentleman

ca. 1745
Accessible in the Study Room
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899

The Balloon

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886

Juvenile Members of the Yacht Club

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886

Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Suspense or Expectation

1855
Accessible in the Study Room
Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811

The Lending Library

between 1800 and 1811
Accessible in the Study Room
George Cruikshank, 1792–1878

Conjurer with Pistol and Cards

ca. 1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

ca. 1785
Accessible in the Study Room
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

Ticket for the Brandenbourg House Masquerade

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822

The Show

after 1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822

May Day

after 1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822

Guy Fawkes

after 1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Eyre, active 1771–1792

The Fair at Cheltenham

1775
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Box Lobby Loungers

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Heath, 1785–1848

Richmond from Twickenham Park

ca. 1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by L. Truchy, 1721–1764

Building Houses with Cards

1743
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Fortune Teller or Casting the Coffee Grounds

1743
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802

The Humours of Bartholomew Fair

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Playing the Games of Quadrille

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
L. Truchy, 1721–1764

The Exercise of See Saw

ca. 1743
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770

Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

ca. 1743
Accessible in the Study Room
L. Truchy, 1721–1764

Leap-Frog

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804

Hall's Library at Margate

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Morris, active 1830

Regent's Park, London, The Colosseum, Clergy's Orphans' School and... [Read more]

ca. 1831
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

The Fortune Teller

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois, 1756–1811

Study of a Peep Show with Two Attendant Figures and Two Children

ca. 1775
Accessible in the Study Room
George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815

Children Dancing

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
William Henry Brooke, 1772–1860

Portrait of a Girl Sketching

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873

Girl Reading a Book

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811

Entrance to Pidcock's Exhibition Tent at a Fair

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848

The Triumph of Music

ca. 1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table

ca. 1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Wigstead, ca. 1745–ca. 1800

Interior of the Brandenburg House Theatre, Hammersmith

ca. 1792
Accessible in the Study Room
Lady Salesbury, active 1791

The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814

The Travelling Show Man

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848

Illustration for The New Doll: The Doll brought Home

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848

Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled

1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Robert Isaac Cruikshank, 1789–1856

Design for the Frontspiece of the Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette,... [Read more]

1822
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
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Ascent of Balloon from Burlington House, Piccadilly, from the Window at... [Read more]

after 1812
Accessible in the Study Room
George Morland, 1763–1804

A Tea Garden

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gwin, 1700–1769

Position de la Garde Italienne de L'Epée & Poignard

1763
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857

A Village Fair

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

Sophy Steadman Reading

ca. 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864

A Lady Reading

ca. 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
John Maurer, active 1713–1761

The Rotunda and Gardens, Ranelagh

ca. 1744
Accessible in the Study Room
John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818

Skating in St. James' Park

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Sutherland, ca. 1785–1838

[Trade Card] S. & I. Fuller, Water Colour Paint Mfg., 34 Rathbone Place

1823
Accessible in the Study Room
James Godby, 1767–1849

The Drinking Well in Hyde Park

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

St. James's Park

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
George Johann Scharf, 1788–1860

Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
George Johann Scharf, 1788–1860

Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

An Airing in Hyde Park

1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775

Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar

ca. 1760
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743

O Rare Show

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878

Specimens of Waltzing

1817
Accessible in the Study Room
George Sidney Shepherd, 1784–1862

Green Park

ca. 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
William Henry Pyne, 1769–1843

A Boy Playing a Drum in the Garden of a Country House

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

An Encampment in St. James Park

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806

Pot Fair, Cambridge

1777
Accessible in the Study Room
Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain, 1710–1771

A Perspective View of the Bowling Green &c. at Gubbins in Hertfordshire, a seat... [Read more]

ca. 1750
Accessible in the Study Room
William Henry Simmons, 1811–1882

The Bowlers

1852
Accessible in the Study Room
Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817

Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Moated House

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles E. Wagstaff, 1808–

The Golfers. A Grand Match Player over St. Andrew's Links. By Sir David Baird...and... [Read more]

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
after James Heath, 1757–1834

Archery

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822

Punch

after 1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

The Prize Fight

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Comforts of Bath: The Bath

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Matthew Haughton, 1768–1821

Girl and Boy Anglers

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871

A Minuet

1824
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Francis Grant, 1803–1878

A Lady Painting

1837

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