Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Period: 18th century / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: landscape and water / Classification: Paintings

1. A Winter Landscape

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 25 1/2 inches (40.6 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Cavern, near Naples

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Pamela Askew
On View:: Not on view

3. An Autumn Landscape with Apple Pickers

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 3/4 × 25 7/8 inches (42.5 × 65.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. A River Scene with Thatched Huts by a Bridge over a Weir

Creator:: James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Lago d'Agnano with the Grotta del Cane

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1770 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 × 21 inches (44.5 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Death of the Hare

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 1/4 inches (102.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Lake Albano

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1790 to 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (36.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1780 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 x 30 inches (58.4 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the distance

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1770 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches (44.5 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Classical Landscape

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: after 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/8 × 16 1/4 inches (51.1 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. View of Santa Cruz, Tenerife

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 × 44 1/4 inches (68.6 × 112.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Wilton House from the Southeast

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 56 3/4 inches (99.1 x 144.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Classical Landscape: Morning

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: between 1740 and 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 43 x 43 inches (109.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Classical Landscape: Evening

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: between 1740 and 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 43 x 43 inches (109.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Cottage on Fire at Night

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1785 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 × 31 1/2 inches (56.5 × 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Lake Nemi

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (36.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (19.1 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. A Landscape with Distant Classical Ruins, a Bridge, Figures, and Cattle

Creator:: William Smith, 1707–1764
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 × 35 3/4 inches (71.1 × 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Moonlit Scene of Indian Figures and Elephants among Banyan Trees, Upper India (probably Lucknow)

Creator:: Auguste Borget, 1809–1877
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on Indian hardwood panel
Dimensions:: 9 3/16 x 16 1/8 inches (23.3 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. A view of Greenwich from the River with many Boats

Creator:: Jan Griffier the Elder, ca. 1645–1718
Date:: Between 1700-1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 32 3/4 inches (45.1 x 83.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/4 inches (51.8 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. A View of the Tiber with Rome in the Distance

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 3/4 x 53 3/4 inches (98.4 x 136.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Gentleman with a Cannon

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 12 3/4 inches (45.7 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of John Davis Skilton, Jr.
On View:: Not on view

24. The Browne Family

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 35 inches (70.5 × 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Classical Landscape

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 25 inches (46.4 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

26. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 33 inches (67.3 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Peacocks, Doves, Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks by a Classical Ruin

Creator:: Marmaduke Cradock, 1660–1716
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (41.9 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Lake Scene

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 x 30 inches (53.3 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968 in memory of Sophie D. Coe
On View:: Not on view