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Paintings and Sculpture 32

Creator

Unknown artist 7
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748–1828 3
Gibson, John, 1790–1866 3
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737–1823 3
Chuke, Michael, 1679–1742 2
Coade’s, Artificial Stone Manufactory, 1769–1840 2
Gott, Joseph, 1786–1860 2
Percy, Samuel, approximately 1753–1819 2
Banks, Thomas, 1735–1805 1
Brodie, William, 1815–1881 1
Cheere, John, 1709–1787 1
Gibson, Benjamin, 1811–1851 1
Hagen, Gaspar van der, active 1747–died 1769 1
Hirst, Damien, born 1965 1
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 1
Le Marchand, David, 1674–1726 1
Legros, Alphonse, 1837–1911 1
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830–1896 1
Rysbrack, John Michael, 1694–1770 1
Scheemakers, Peter Gaspar, 1691–1781 1
Whiteread, Rachel, Dame, born 1963 1
Wyon, Edward William, 1811–1885 1

Date

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On-site Access

Not on view 30
On view 2

Image Use

Free to Use 30
Under Certain Circumstances 2

Image Available

available 32

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Sculptures 32

Collective Title

Period

19th century 14
18th century 12
18th century-19th century 2
20th century 2
15th century 1

Materials & Techniques

marble 11
plaster 4
terracotta 3
bronzed 2
coade stone 2
ivory 2
limewood 2
wax 2
Carrara marble 1
Formica (TM) 1
alabaster 1
bronze 1
glass 1
house paint 1
lead 1
linen (material) 1
paint 1
steel 1
wood 1

Height [cm]

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Work Type

sculpture 32

bust 10
statuette 4
high relief 3
statue 3
herm 2
medallion 2
waxwork (sculpture) 2
altarpiece 1
bozzetto/sketch 1
low relief 1
miniature 1
painting 1
tableau 1

Genre

portrait 20
religious and mythological subject 6
figure study 4
abstract art 2
genre subject 2
literary theme 1

Subject Terms

portrait 20
man 10
religious and mythological subject 6
nude 5
woman 5
figure study 4
abstract art 2
allegory 2
books 2
child 2
flowers (plants) 2
genre subject 2
marble 2
medallion 2
men 2
politician 2
trees 2
women 2
Aeneid 1
Bible 1
Greek 1
Mary's death, assumption and coronation (sometimes some of the 'daughters of the Hebrews' present) 1
Neoclassical 1
New Testament 1
angels 1
ashtray 1
beauty 1
belt (costume accessory) 1
boxer 1
boxes 1

Subject Period

Associated Places

India 1

Associated People

Addington, Anthony (1713–1790), physician 1
Ailesbury, Lady, [Caroline Conway (1721–1803) 1
Archangel Michael 1
Calmady, Miss Emily (1818–1906), daughter of Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall, Devonshire 1
Calmady, Miss Laura Anne (1820–1894), daughter of Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall, Devonshire 1
Chronos 1
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection 1
Duquesnoy, Francois (1594–1643), sculptor/medallist, painter/draughtsman 1
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician 1
Gibson, John (1790–1866), sculptor 1
Godolphin, Francis, second earl of Godolphin (1678–1766), politician and officer of the royal household 1
Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), author and lexicographer 1
Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769–1830), painter and draughtsman 1
Leveson-Gower, Granville (1773–1846), diplomatist and the first Earl Granville 1
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), natural philosopher and mathematician 1
Niobe 1
Roscoe, William (1753–1831), historian and patron of the arts 1
Silvia, daughter of Tyrrheus 1
St. Thomas 1
Tennyson, Alfred, first Baron Tennyson (1809–1892), poet 1
The Virgin Mary 1

Exhibition History

Entrance Court 2003-4 (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-03-01 - 2004-09-07) 7
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 2
Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 2
20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 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
Damien Hirst (Tate Modern, 2012-04-05 - 2012-09-09) 1
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 1
John Scarlett Davis - The Interior of the British Institution Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1984-02-28 - 1984-04-22) 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
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
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01) 1
Public Offerings (The Museum of Contemporary Art and The Geffen Contemporary, 2001-04-01 - 2001-07-29) 1
Responding to Kahn: A Sculptural Conversation (Yale University Art Gallery, 2006-11-30 - 2007-07-08) 1
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 32

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Collection: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Work Type: sculpture

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unknown artist

The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin

1450 to 1500
Damien Hirst, born 1965

In and Out of Love (Butterfly Paintings and Ashtrays)

1991
Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742

The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to... [Read more]

ca. 1715
Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742

The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of... [Read more]

ca. 1715
John Gibson, 1790–1866

Aurora

between 1843 and 1845
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823

William Le Marchant Porret

ca. 1800
Joseph Gott, 1786–1860

A Greek Boxer Waiting His Turn

ca. 1838
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823

Portrait of a Man, Probably Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, first... [Read more]

1810
Alphonse Legros, 1837–1911

Charles Darwin

1881?
William Brodie, 1815–1881

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate

1857
unknown artist

Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., (1769-1830)

ca. 1830
Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781

Francis, second Earl of Godolphin

1733
John Gibson, 1790–1866

An Unknown Young Woman

late 1820s
On view
Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896

The Sluggard

ca. 1895
John Gibson, 1790–1866

William Roscoe

1819
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823

Samuel Johnson

1777
unknown artist

Indian Trades and Occupations

between 1840 and 1850
Anne Seymour Damer, 1748–1828

A Seated Woman

ca. 1780
On view
Anne Seymour Damer, 1748–1828

Bust of Niobe's Daughter, after the Antique

1780
Anne Seymour Damer, 1748–1828

Caroline Conway, Lady Aylesbury

18th century-19th century
Joseph Gott, 1786–1860

Sylvia and the Wounded Stag

1824
Benjamin Gibson, 1811–1851

Portrait Bust of the Artist's Brother, the Sculptor John Gibson, R.A

1837 to 1838
unknown artist

Father Time

ca. 1790
David Le Marchand, 1674–1726

Sir Isaac Newton

ca. 1710
Dame Rachel Whiteread, born 1963

Untitled (Ten Tables)

1996
Samuel Percy, ca. 1753–1819

A Race of Chimney-sweeps on Donkeys

undated
unknown artist

Portrait of a Man, called Francois Duquesnoy

ca. 1750
John Cheere, 1709–1787

Mr. Punch

ca. 1760
unknown artist

Allegory of Geometry

1796
Samuel Percy, ca. 1753–1819

Charles James Fox

ca. 1810
Edward William Wyon, 1811–1885

The Calmady Children

1848
Thomas Banks, 1735–1805

Dr. Anthony Addington

1790

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