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1. Peace Embracing Plenty

Peace Embracing Plenty

Creator:: Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1577–1640
Date:: between 1633 and 1634
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (62.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. The Rock of Salvation

The Rock of Salvation

Creator:: Samuel Colman, 1780–1845
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 29 1/4 inches (61.3 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Aeneas and the Sibyl

Aeneas and the Sibyl

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/8 x 55 1/4 inches (102.6 x 140.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Purniya, Chief Minister of Mysore

Purniya, Chief Minister of Mysore

Creator:: Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Date:: ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 × 39 1/2 inches (127 × 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1590
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 45 × 71 3/4 inches (114.3 × 182.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Sense of Smell

The Sense of Smell

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:: 1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Three Graces

The Three Graces

Creator:: William Edward Frost, 1810–1877
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 1/4 × 28 3/8 inches (92.1 × 72.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Melville P. Roberts
On View:: Not on view

9. John Eardley Wilmot

John Eardley Wilmot

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/2 x 58 1/4 inches (105.4 x 148 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. The Cave of Despair

The Cave of Despair

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Health and Wealth

Health and Wealth

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: 1932 to 1935
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 26 inches (76.2 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell and Harvard Art Museum
On View:: Not on view

12. Hope

Creator:: George Frederic Watts, 1817–1904
Date:: 1891
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 26 × 19 inches (66 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Claire and Albert J. Zuckerman, Yale School of Drama MFA 1961, DFA 1962
On View:: Not on view

13. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. The Apotheosis of Nelson

The Apotheosis of Nelson

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 29 inches (100.3 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 x 38 1/2 inches (78.7 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Allegory of Fortune

Allegory of Fortune

Creator:: Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 5/16 x 35 1/8 inches (71.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Allegory of Trade

Allegory of Trade

Creator:: John Theodore Heins, 1697–1756
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 54 inches (74.9 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Allegory of Geometry

Allegory of Geometry

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Stoneware ('Coade Stone')
Dimensions:: Overall: 21 1/4 × 42 1/4 × 8 inches (54 × 107.3 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts

The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts

Creator:: Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:: Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view