Period: 18th century / Exhibition History: An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

1. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (118.1 × 143.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 × 39 7/8 inches (82.2 × 101.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on Wedgwood biscuit earthenware
Dimensions:: 4 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (10.8 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Zebra

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 × 50 1/4 inches (102.9 × 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Warwick Castle

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1748 to 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 37 3/4 × 56 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (95.9 × 142.9 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

6. The Beggar's Opera

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/4 x 30 inches (59.1 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1750 and 1751
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. A Market Girl

Creator:: Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Date:: between 1776 and 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. 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

10. 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

11. Rome from the Villa Madama

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 9/16 x 52 1/4 inches (95.4 x 132.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. 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

13. The Drummond Family

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 63 inches (104.1 x 160 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Landscape with Cattle

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches (120 x 145.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. The Artist and His Family

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches (52.1 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 3/4 x 17 x 9 inches (62.9 x 43.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of the British art historian Basil Taylor (1922–1975)
On View:: Not on view

17. Academy by Lamplight

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/8 inches (30.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 109, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 45, "The Progress of Poesy."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 55, "The Bard."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink, graphite and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (26 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. View of the East Part of Southwark, Looking Towards Greenwich

Creator:: Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677
Date:: ca. 1638
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and blue-black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (14.3 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Self-Portrait

Creator:: James Jefferys, 1751–1784
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 3/8 inches (54 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Rustic Lover

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4 inches (43.2 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. General Stevenson

Creator:: John Smart, 1741–1811
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk and brown chalk on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (36.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: between 1746 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink and touches of gold paint over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 33 1/4 inches (42.5 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, rough, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (28.7 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1754 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 22 inches (38.9 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite and black crayon on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 15/16 x 24 1/8 inches (45.5 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A Lady of the Blunt Family

Creator:: George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches (8.9 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on smooth, medium, cream laid paper laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 x 36 1/8 inches (66.7 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Claudian Aqueduct and Colosseum

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with gum on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 1/4 inches (27.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (38.4 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Celebration on the Thames near Whitehall

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1611–1693
Date:: 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on two joined sheets of medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 3/8 inches (28.3 x 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Ambleside

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown and gray ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches (23.5 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Tom Conolly of Castletown Hunting with His Friends

Creator:: Robert Healy, 1743–1771
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, chalk, and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 53 1/2 inches (51.4 × 135.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Connoisseurs

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red, brown and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Worn Out Debauchée

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and yellow and gray-black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 13/16 inches (30 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (23.8 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 11/16 x 16 3/4 inches (50 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 29 inches (51.4 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 x 2 3/8 inches (7.6 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 inches (7.9 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Galleria di Sopra, Albano

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches (46.7 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1765 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black and white chalk, and oil paint, with gum on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, backed with laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 3/8 inches (22.9 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

2. Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

3. Sleeping Leopard

4. Zebra

5. Warwick Castle

6. The Beggar's Opera

7. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

8. A Market Girl

9. The Gravenor Family

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

11. Rome from the Villa Madama

12. The Browne Family

13. The Drummond Family

14. Landscape with Cattle

15. The Artist and His Family

16. Alexander Pope

17. Academy by Lamplight

18. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

19. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 109, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

20. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 45, "The Progress of Poesy."

21. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 55, "The Bard."

22. City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal

23. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

24. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

25. View of the East Part of Southwark, Looking Towards Greenwich

26. Self-Portrait

27. The Rustic Lover

28. General Stevenson

29. Portrait of a Man

30. The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

31. North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire

32. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

33. The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

34. A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

35. A Lady of the Blunt Family

36. Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral

37. The Claudian Aqueduct and Colosseum

38. The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House

39. Celebration on the Thames near Whitehall

40. Ambleside

41. Tom Conolly of Castletown Hunting with His Friends

42. The Connoisseurs

43. A Worn Out Debauchée

44. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

45. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

46. A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital

47. Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

48. James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

49. Galleria di Sopra, Albano

50. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants