On-site Access: Not on view / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: costume

1. Two Gentlemen Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 49 inches (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

2. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1767
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, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

3. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 15/16 x 50 1/16 inches (101.4 x 127.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

4. A Repose after Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 50 1/2 inches (102.2 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

5. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 29 1/4 inches (63.5 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Phaeton with a Pair of Cream Ponies and a Stable-Lad

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1780 and 1784
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 35 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (89.5 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Self-Portrait

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (14 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Purchased in memory of Paul Mellon on the occasion of his centennial
On View:: Not on view

9. Ann Hogarth

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (46.7 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. Mary Hogarth

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (46.7 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. John Palmer, Barrister of the Inner Temple

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 15/16 x 25 inches (76 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches (71.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

13. The Family of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu and an Attendant

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 x 29 1/2 inches (53.3 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1732
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (47.9 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Mrs. Thomas Phipps

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ansom Peckham, Yale '40
On View:: Not on view

17. A Man Called Mr. Cross

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 11/16 x 24 7/8 inches (75.4 x 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Oswald B. Lord
On View:: Not on view

18. James Romney

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/8 × 8 1/8 inches (25.7 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Preparing for the Hunt

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 x 49 inches (119.4 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. William Weddell

Creator:: Pompeo Batoni, 1708–1787
Date:: between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 3/8 x 38 1/8 inches (133 x 96.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Edward George Lind and His Son, Montague

Creator:: Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/4 x 40 1/4 inches (127.6 x 102.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet S. Buffinton
On View:: Not on view

22. A Scene from Don Quixote (Vol.II, Ch.XXIII)

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: between 1730 and 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (40 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Nancy Parsons in Turkish dress

Creator:: George Willison, 1741–1797
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 × 18 3/4 inches (57.2 × 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1748 and 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 33 inches (99.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Young Women with a Lamb

Creator:: Thomas Hudson, 1701–1779
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 54 1/2 × 45 1/4 inches (138.4 × 114.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Garrison Norton
On View:: Not on view

27. Major John Dade of Tannington, Suffolk

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 × 25 1/2 inches (76.2 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. The Barber

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: between 1760 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (44.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. View on the River Thames at Richmond

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (33.7 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. A Winter Landscape

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 7/8 x 16 3/4 inches (30.2 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. 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

34. The Port of London

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 33 7/8 inches (55.2 x 86 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. Whitehall

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 × 35 7/8 inches (71.1 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. 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

37. Durham

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 41 inches (50.8 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. Sarah Campbell

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1777 to 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/4 x 40 inches (127.6 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. Box Hill, Surrey, with Dorking in the distance

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 11/16 x 53 9/16 inches (90.6 x 136 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

40. John Dodd, of Swallowfield, Berkshire

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 94 x 57 7/8 inches (238.8 x 147 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. 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

42. Rebecca Receiving the Bracelet at the Well

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 3/4 x 63 3/16 inches (123.8 x 160.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 9 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

44. 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

45. Eleanor and Margaret Ross

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (97.8 x 85.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. Portrait of Two Boys, probably Joseph and John Joseph Nollekens

Creator:: Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches (31.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. Colonel Donald MacLeod of St. Kilda

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/8 x 48 1/4 inches (127.3 x 122.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

48. The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

49. A Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches (52.1 x 67.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

50. The Good Samaritan

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1751 and 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 78 1/2 × 48 1/2 inches (199.4 × 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

51. Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in "Love for Love" by William Congreve

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

52. Hackwood Park, Hampshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated, exhibited 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/16 x 50 1/4 inches (102.1 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

53. Sir William Pulteney (formerly Johnstone), fifth baronet

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 93 1/2 x 59 inches (237.5 x 149.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

54. Portrait of an Elderly Lady and a Girl

Creator:: George Beare, active 1738–1749
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 1/16 x 40 1/4 inches (124.6 x 102.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

55. The Gravenor Family

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches (90.2 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

56. 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

57. Children in an Interior

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 49 3/4 inches (99.1 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

58. Dinas Bran from Llangollen

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1770 to 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 71 × 96 3/8 inches (180.3 × 244.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

59. Miss Mary Hickey

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1769 to 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/16 x 25 1/16 inches (76.7 x 63.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

60. Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 93 x 56 inches (236.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

61. 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

62. Lady in a Pink Silk Dress

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 × 25 3/16 inches (76.2 × 64 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

63. Margaret Callander and Her Son James Kearney

Creator:: Jean Laurent Mosnier, 1743/44–1808
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 99 3/4 x 66 inches (253.4 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson and Spink-Leger Pictures in honor of Brian & Katina Allen
On View:: Not on view