Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / On-site Access: Not on view / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: river and water

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. The Thames and the Adelphi

Creator:: Attributed to William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches (46.4 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. The Hermitage

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/2 x 51 3/8 inches (82.6 x 130.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Gentlemen Fishing

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on slate
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 17 inches (30.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Pinnace sailing down the Ganges past Monghyr Fort

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 49 1/2 inches (76.2 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

12. A Party Angling

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Italian Landscape (Morning)

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1760 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 5/8 x 37 1/4 inches (70.2 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Landscape with Farmworkers

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: ca. 1735
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. A Family Group Called 'The Stafford Family'

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 × 55 inches (99.1 × 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Rocky Landscape with Two Men on a Horse

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (25.1 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire

Creator:: Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:: between 1750 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 44 inches (76.2 x 111.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Wooded Hilly Landscape

Creator:: Abraham Pether, 1756–1812
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches (62.9 x 72.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

2. Wilton House from the Southeast

3. Classical Landscape

4. Cottage on Fire at Night

5. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

6. The Thames and the Adelphi

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

8. The Hermitage

9. Gentlemen Fishing

10. Pinnace sailing down the Ganges past Monghyr Fort

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

12. A Party Angling

13. The Browne Family

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

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

16. Allegory of Trade

17. Italian Landscape (Morning)

18. Landscape with Farmworkers

19. A Family Group Called 'The Stafford Family'

20. Rocky Landscape with Two Men on a Horse

21. Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire

22. Wooded Hilly Landscape