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Paintings and Sculpture 125
Rare Books and Manuscripts 3
Reference Library 1

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Unknown artist 125
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 19
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 17
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 11
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 6
Reinagle, Philip, 1749–1833 4
Vorsterman, Jan, ca. 1643–after 1685 3
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
Wyck, Jan, ca. 1645–1700 2
Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810 2
Agasse, Jacques Laurent, 1767–1849 1
Allan, David, 1744–1796 1
Aveling, H. J., active 1839–1842 1
Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704 1
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 1
Brown, Mather, 1761–1831 1
Bruyn, Theodore de, 1730–1804 1
Callow, William, 1812–1908 1
Cort, Hendrik Frans de, 1742–1810 1
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 1
Cradock, Marmaduke, 1660–1716 1
Dahl, Michael, 1656–1743 1
Dance, Nathaniel, Sir, 1735–1811 1
Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787 1
Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1810 or 1811 1

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On-site Access

Not on view 111
On view 14
Accessible in the Study Room 3
Accessible in the Reference Library 1

Image Use

Free to Use 111
Under Certain Circumstances 18

Image Available

available 125
unavailable 4

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Paintings 129

Collective Title

Period

18th century 55
19th century 43
20th century 12
17th century 9
16th century 8
17th century-18th century 1
21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

painting (technique) 125
oil paint 120
canvas 70
paper 21
panel (wood) 19
glass 8
board 5
enamel paint 4
porcelain 4
watercolor (paint) 3
wove paper 3
collage (technique) 1
enamel 1
laid paper 1
millboard 1
oak 1

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Work Type

painting 125
ceramic 4
watercolors (paintings) 3
metamorphic picture 2
cut-paper work 1
exhibition catalog 1
paper doll 1
toy 1

Genre

landscape 39
portrait 27
genre subject 21
cityscape 20
architectural subject 18
animal art 17
marine art 5
sporting art 5
historical subject 3
literary theme 3
military art 3
religious and mythological subject 2
figure study 1
still life 1

Subject Terms

landscape 41
costume 32
men 32
portrait 30
river 23
women 22
man 21
trees 21
dog (animal) 19
architectural subject 18
buildings 18
animal art 17
cityscape 17
genre subject 16
brushstrokes 15
people 14
figures 13
boats 12
children 12
church 12
country house 12
horse (animal) 12
water 12
woman 12
horses (animals) 11
house 11
road 11
bridge (built work) 10
hills 10
Tudor 9

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 47
England 42
Europe 19
London 15
Thames 13
Greater London 10
City of Westminster 5
Kent 3
Surrey 3
Windsor 3
Windsor Castle 3
Windsor and Maidenhead 3
Buckinghamshire 2
Canterbury 2
Canterbury Cathedral 2
City of London 2
Cymru 2
France 2
Italy 2
Lambeth 2
Richmond 2
Shrewsbury 2
Shropshire 2
St. Paul's Cathedral 2
Staffordshire 2
Wales 2
Westminster 2
Westminster Abbey 2
Arch of Constantine 1
Banqueting House 1

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 3
Aeneas 1
Ariel (character in The Tempest) 1
Barrett, Thomas (1744–1803), antiquary 1
Beatrice 1
Benedick 1
Bewick, Thomas 1
Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream) 1
Brudenell-Bruce, Thomas (1729–1814), 1st Earl of Ailesbury 1
Caulfeild, James, first earl of Charlemont (1728–1799), politician 1
Cavendish, Elizabeth (1712–1779) 1
Cavendish, Lord James (aft. 1673–1751) of Staveley, Derbyshire and Latimer, Buckinghamshire 1
Cavendish, William (1711–1751) 1
Celia 1
Cordelia (character in King Lear) 1
Crab 1
Culot, Pierre, 1938– 1
Desdemona (character in Othello) 1
Doll Tearsheet 1
Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588), courtier and magnate 1
Edward VI (1537–1553), king of England and Ireland 1
Elizabeth I (1533–1603), queen of England and Ireland 1
Flora 1
Foote, Samuel (bap. 1721, d. 1777), actor and playwright 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

Exhibition History

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 15
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 11
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 10
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 7
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 6
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 5
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) 5
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 4
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 4
Juxtapositions (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-11-19 - 1998-01-04) 3
Penn's England (Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, 1982-09-05 - ) 3
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 3
The Garden (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1979-05-21 - 1979-08-26) 3
Art in Focus : William III (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-04-08 - 2011-07-31) 2
Art in Focus: Gazes Returned (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-04-13 - ) 2
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 2
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) 2
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 2
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30) 2
The Anglo-Dutch Garden in the age of William and Mary (Christie's (UK), 1989-01-03 - 1989-02-02) 2
1812 - A Nation Emerges (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, 2012-06-15 - 2013-01-06) 1
All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23) 1
Antiques & Fine Art Fair 2002 (BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair, 2002-03-13 - 2002-03-19) 1
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13) 1
Casanova - The Seduction of Europe (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2018-02-10 - 2018-05-20) 1
Casanova - The Seduction of Europe (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2018-06-17 - 2018-10-08) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05) 1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 106
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 12
22618046820008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22674048620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy and Robert Lindemeyer 1
22754093850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Cavendish, eleventh Duke of Devonshire 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

Language

English 3

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On view
Perhaps Jan van der Vaart, 1647–1721

Bifrons Park, Kent

between 1695 and 1705
unknown artist

Charles Goring of Wiston and an Unknown Attendant

ca. 1765
unknown artist

Landscape with Trees on a Slope

early 19th century
unknown artist

A Horse Frightened by a Lioness

ca. 1800
unknown artist

Windsor Castle from the South

after 1681
unknown artist

The Billiard Room

ca. 1725
unknown artist

A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's... [Read more]

between 1790 and 1799
unknown artist

Landscape with Lake

1828 to 1829
unknown artist

A Review of the London Volunteer Cavalry and Flying Artillery in Hyde... [Read more]

ca. 1804
unknown artist

Seapiece with Boats: Evening

ca. 1815
unknown artist

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

ca. 1834
unknown artist

Landscape with Lake and Two Figures Riding

ca. 1820
unknown artist

Street with Church and Figures

1822 to 1825
unknown artist

Yacht Racing on the Solent

ca. 1827
unknown artist

Coast with Cliffs and Boats

early 19th century

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