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Paintings and Sculpture 140

Creator

Unknown artist 140
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 19
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 17
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 11
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 5
Reinagle, Philip, 1749–1833 5
Rysbrack, John Michael, 1694–1770 4
Cheere, John, 1709–1787 3
Coade’s, Artificial Stone Manufactory, 1769–1840 2
Constable, John, 1776–1837 2
Hayman, Francis, 1707/8–1776 2
Lambert, George, 1700–1765 2
Martin, John, 1789–1854 2
Meulen, Steven van der, active 1543–died 1563 2
Richardson, Jonathan the Elder, 1667–1745 2
Vorsterman, Jan, ca. 1643–after 1685 2
Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810 2
Aveling, H. J., active 1839–1842 1
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 1
Bruyn, Theodore de, 1730–1804 1
Callow, William, 1812–1908 1
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 1
Dahl, Michael, 1656–1743 1
Downman, John, 1750–1824 1
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 1
Gerhard, Hubert, ca. 1540–before 1621 1
Gibbons, Grinling, 1648–1721 1
Griffier, Jan the Elder, ca. 1645–1718 1
Hagen, Gaspar van der, active 1747–died 1769 1
Hamilton, William, 1751–1801 1

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On-site Access

Not on view 140

Image Use

Free to Use 123
Under Certain Circumstances 17

Image Available

available 139
unavailable 1

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Paintings 111
Sculptures 18
Ceramics 7
Painted Objects 4

Collective Title

Period

18th century 58
19th century 50
20th century 12
16th century 8
17th century 8
15th century 2
18th century-19th century 1

Materials & Techniques

painting (technique) 111
oil paint 106
canvas 56
paper 21
panel (wood) 19
glass 8
board 5
enamel paint 5
porcelain 4
bronze 3
plaster 3
coade stone 2
lead 2
marble 2
wood 2
alabaster 1
boxwood 1
ceramic 1
enamel 1
ivory 1
linen (material) 1
metal 1
millboard 1
oak 1
pearwood 1
stone 1
terracotta 1

Height [cm]

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Work Type

painting 111
sculpture 19
statue 5
ceramic 4
statuette 4
bust 3
cigar box 2
medallion 2
altarpiece 1
buttons 1
herm 1
high relief 1
letter box 1
miniature 1
misericord 1
snuff box 1

Genre

portrait 36
landscape 35
genre subject 19
animal art 17
cityscape 17
architectural subject 13
sporting art 11
marine art 5
religious and mythological subject 5
figure study 4
literary theme 4
historical subject 3
military art 3
still life 1

Subject Terms

portrait 39
landscape 36
costume 30
men 27
man 25
river 21
women 20
animal art 19
dog (animal) 19
trees 18
brushstrokes 15
buildings 15
cityscape 15
genre subject 15
horse (animal) 15
figures 14
architectural subject 13
boats 12
church 11
horses (animals) 11
water 11
woman 11
people 10
sporting art 10
Tudor 9
bridge (built work) 9
dogs (animals) 9
road 9
children 8
city 8

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 41
England 36
Europe 16
London 13
Thames 11
Greater London 9
City of Westminster 5
Surrey 3
Windsor 3
Windsor Castle 3
Windsor and Maidenhead 3
City of London 2
Cymru 2
France 2
Lambeth 2
Richmond 2
Shrewsbury 2
Shropshire 2
St. Paul's Cathedral 2
Staffordshire 2
Wales 2
Westminster 2
Westminster Abbey 2
Banqueting House 1
Bavaria 1
Bayern 1
Berkshire 1
Black Mountains 1
Bologna 1
Brecon Beacons National Park 1

Associated People

Locke, John (1632–1704), philosopher 4
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 3
Aeneas 1
Archangel Michael 1
Ariel (character in The Tempest) 1
Beatrice 1
Benedick 1
Bewick, Thomas 1
Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream) 1
Celia 1
Chronos 1
Congreve, William (1670–1729), playwright and poet 1
Cordelia (character in King Lear) 1
Crab 1
Desdemona (character in Othello) 1
Doll Tearsheet 1
Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588), courtier and magnate 1
Duquesnoy, Francois (1594–1643), sculptor/medallist, painter/draughtsman 1
Edward VI (1537–1553), king of England and Ireland 1
Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England and Ireland 1
Foote, Samuel (bap. 1721, d. 1777), actor and playwright 1
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) 1
George IV (1762–1830), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1
Goring, Charles (1744–1829) 1
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 1
Hart, Sir Percival (1496–1580), Chief Server and Knight Harbinger under King Henry VIII 1
Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland 1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 1
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 1
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet) 1

Exhibition History

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 8
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 7
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 5
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 4
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 4
William Hogarth - A Selection of Painting from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1971-02-12 - 1971-05-30) 4
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 3
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 3
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 3
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 2
Art in Focus: Gazes Returned (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-04-13 - ) 2
Juxtapositions (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-11-19 - 1998-01-04) 2
Penn's England (Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, 1982-09-05 - ) 2
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30) 2
Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
Antiques & Fine Art Fair 2002 (BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair, 2002-03-13 - 2002-03-19) 1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 1
Horticulture (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1981-06-09 - 1981-08-23) 1
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 1
J. M. W. Turner - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1968-10-31 - 1969-04-21) 1
John Scarlett Davis - The Interior of the British Institution Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1984-02-28 - 1984-04-22) 1
John Zoffany (National Portrait Gallery, 1977-01-14 - 1977-03-27) 1
Love, Life, Death, and Desire: An Installation of the Center's Collections (Yale Center for British Art, 2020-10-01 - 2021-02-28) 1
Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025-03-24 - 2025-08-17) 1
Mrs Delany & Her Circle (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-09-24 - 2010-01-03) 1
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) 1
Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29) 1
Paintings on Loan to The Trustees' Room Belmont Park from the English Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Belmont Park, 1968 - 1968) 1
Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 117
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 17
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce McCashin 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Greg Hedberg 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Monique Goldstrom in honor of Michael Goldstrom's role "Hersh" in "Modern Orthodox" by Daniel Goldfarb at Long Wharf Theatre 1
Yale Center for British Art, Given in memory of Blanche Miller Griscom 1

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Bologna

ca. 1826
unknown artist

French harbor scene

ca. 1825
unknown artist

Morecambe Sands

undated
unknown artist

A Setter: Facing Left, with a Partridge Hiding among Burdocks on the... [Read more]

ca. 1805
unknown artist

Two Hares: On a Hillside

ca. 1805
Attributed to Robert Scaddan, 1720–1802

Portrait of a Man, called Tobias Smollett

ca. 1750
unknown artist

White Poodle in a Punt

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Ringwood, a Brocklesby Foxhound

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Water Spaniel

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Portrait of a Spanish Dog belonging to Mr. Cosway, chasing a butterfly

in or after 1984
unknown artist

Portrait of a Woman

ca. 1565
unknown artist

An Unknown Man

ca. 1720
unknown artist

Canal under construction, possibly the Bude Canal

ca. 1840
unknown artist

King Charles Spaniel

in or after 1984

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