Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Exhibition History: The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) / Associated Places: United Kingdom

1. View of the City of Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 7/8 x 82 5/8 inches (141.9 x 209.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. St. Mary's Abbey, York

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. Snowdon from Capel Curig

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 7/8 x 79 inches (134.3 x 200.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: Jan Siberechts, 1627–ca. 1703
Date:: 1697
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 75 1/2 × 54 1/2 inches (191.8 × 138.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Temple, Fountain and Cave in Sezincote Park

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 15/16 × 50 inches (101.4 × 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Mall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1740 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches (74.9 x 120 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/16 x 48 inches (91.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/2 x 99 inches (118.1 x 251.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

Creator:: John Cordrey, active 1765–1825
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/8 inches (51.8 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1745 to 1747
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

14. Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/8 x 43 5/8 inches (117.2 x 110.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/16 x 32 1/8 inches (44 x 81.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Caernarfon Castle

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 41 5/16 inches (64.8 x 104.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 7/8 x 38 1/4 inches (73.3 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches (47.6 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: 1742
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

21. Covent Garden

Creator:: Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:: ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. The Interior of the British Institution Gallery

Creator:: John Scarlett Davis, 1804–1845
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 x 56 inches (113 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery at Thirlestaine House

Creator:: Robert Huskisson, 1820–1861
Date:: between 1846 and 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 x 42 3/4 inches (81.3 x 108.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 3rd, 1836

Creator:: Attributed to H. J. Aveling, active 1839–1842
Date:: exhibited 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 32 inches (55.9 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 3/8 x 40 inches (128 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance

Creator:: John Feary, ca. 1745–1788
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 x 48 inches (69.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Lake Windermere

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: between 1801 and 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches (50.2 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

Creator:: Charles Philips, 1708–1747
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 49 3/4 inches (102.2 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 43 x 60 3/4 inches (109.2 x 154.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches (30.8 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Skating in Hyde Park

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.2 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (21 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Bodmin Cornwall: The Arrival of the Stage-Coach

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 15 inches (23.5 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Mr. Michell's Picture Gallery, Grove House, Enfield 1817

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and gray ink and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (14.9 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Vauxhall Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/16 x 20 11/16 inches (38.3 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Rotunda and Gardens, Ranelagh

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Date:: ca. 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 16 11/16in. (25.4 x 42.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Comforts of Bath: The Bath

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 7 1/8 inches (11 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Covent Garden Market

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1795 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown ink, and graphite, with pen and gray line and gray wash on border; verso: watercolor blots and pen and ink lines on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 9/16 inches (15.7 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. View of the City of Edinburgh

2. The Hermitage

3. St. Mary's Abbey, York

4. Wilton House from the Southeast

5. Snowdon from Capel Curig

6. Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire

7. Temple, Fountain and Cave in Sezincote Park

8. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

9. The Mall

10. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

11. Archery Meeting in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire

12. J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

13. Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family

14. Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

15. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

16. Caernarfon Castle

17. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

18. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

19. Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge

20. The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

21. Covent Garden

22. The Interior of the British Institution Gallery

23. Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery at Thirlestaine House

24. First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 3rd, 1836

25. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

26. One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance

27. Lake Windermere

28. Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

29. North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington

30. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

31. Skating in Hyde Park

32. A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire

33. Bodmin Cornwall: The Arrival of the Stage-Coach

34. Mr. Michell's Picture Gallery, Grove House, Enfield 1817

35. Vauxhall Gardens

36. The Rotunda and Gardens, Ranelagh

37. Comforts of Bath: The Bath

38. Covent Garden Market