Period: 18th century / Exhibition History: Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

1. 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

2. Rehearsal of an opera

Creator:: Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:: ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 × 22 3/4 inches (46.4 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

Creator:: John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. 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

6. David Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband"

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas laid to board
Dimensions:: 28 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (71.4 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Anglers' Repast

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Charles Collyer as a Boy, with a Cricket Bat

Creator:: Francis Cotes, 1726–1770
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 x 27 3/4 inches (90.8 x 70.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

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 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

14. John Quick and John Fawcett in Thomas Moreton's "The Way to Get Married"

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (73 x 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Children at Play, Probably the Artist's Son Jacobus and Daughter Maria Joanna Sophia

Creator:: Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (35.9 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. 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

18. Southwark Fair

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 17 3/4 inches (34.1 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Study of a Woman Sewing and a Girl Reading

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (26.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Interior of the Brandenburg House Theatre, Hammersmith

Creator:: Henry Wigstead, ca. 1745–ca. 1800
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 13 1/2 inches (22.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. An Encampment in St. James Park

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 7/8 inches (30.2 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Girl and Boy Anglers

Creator:: Matthew Haughton, 1768–1821
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/4 inches (20 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Boy Playing a Drum in the Garden of a Country House

Creator:: William Henry Pyne, 1769–1843
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 15 inches (29.8 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Position de la Garde Italienne de L'Epée & Poignard

Creator:: James Gwin, 1700–1769
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 10 3/4 × 15 15/16 inches (27.3 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A Tea Garden

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 21 1/4in. (47 x 54cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Pot Fair, Cambridge

Creator:: James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Musicians and a Performing Bear

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 x 7 inches (7.9 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Portrait of a Lady at a Drawing Table

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured,cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (21 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Study of a Peep Show with Two Attendant Figures and Two Children

Creator:: Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois, 1756–1811
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 1/8 inches (34 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury

Creator:: Lady Salesbury, active 1791
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (16.5 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Artist Sketching Mlle. de St. Legier as a Shepherdess

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 inches (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 inches (19.4 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Children Dancing

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 × 14 7/8 inches (44.5 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. 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

35. Flying the Kite

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 inches (14.3 × 22.9 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. Skating in St. James' Park

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 27 7/8 inches (32.4 × 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. A Band of Savoyards

Creator:: Charles Knight, 1743–c.1826
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 18 1/16in. (35.2 x 45.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Box Lobby Loungers

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 22 5/8in. (34 x 57.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Inside of the Elegant Music Room in Vauxhall Gardens

Creator:: Henry Roberts, ca. 1710–1790
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, hand colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 16 11/16in. (26.4 x 42.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. St. James's Park

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink and watercolor
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8in. (15.2 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Comforts of Bath: The Pump Room

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches (14.3 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Female Dancer with a Tambourine

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and gray ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, wove paper, mounted on thick, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 11/16 inches (29.7 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. An Airing in Hyde Park

Creator:: Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

51. The Exercise of See Saw

Creator:: L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

Creator:: Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 13/16 inches (26.7 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Leap-Frog

Creator:: L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving and etching, re-issue of print originally published 1743-44
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 x 14 1/2in. (25.4 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Hall's Library at Margate

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored aquatint on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 13/16in. (30.5 x 47.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. The Prize Fight

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 27 3/8 inches (46 x 69.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Bartholomew Fair, 1721

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1721
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored aquatint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. 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

58. 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

59. Mr. H. Angelo's Fencing Academy

Creator:: Charles Rosenberg, active 1790–1820
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 19 3/4in. (32.7 x 50.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. To the Royal Kentish Bowmen, This Plate of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored stipple engraving and line engraving, with gum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 13 1/4in. (49.5 x 33.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Archery

Creator:: after James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 23 3/4in. (43.2 x 60.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Sluice at the East End

Creator:: Print made by James Tookey, active 1787–1805
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 3/8in. (31.4 x 39.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. 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

64. Ticket for the Brandenbourg House Masquerade

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (12.4 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Humours of Bartholomew Fair

Creator:: Print made by James Basire the younger, 1769–1822
Date:: ca. 1734
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. 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

67. Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (47 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. Miss Tipapin Going for All Nine

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 11 inches (41.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16 inches (32.1 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. An Orchestra Rehearsing

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown wash, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 7/8 inches (26.7 × 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Building Houses with Cards

Creator:: Print made by L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 13 7/8in. (28.3 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Playing the Games of Quadrille

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. The Fortune Teller or Casting the Coffee Grounds

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. A Perspective View of the Bowling Green &c. at Gubbins in Hertfordshire, a seat of Sr. Jeremy Sambrooke Bart.

Creator:: Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 17in. (24.4 x 43.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Moated House

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, printed in color and colored by hand
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 3/8in. (31.4 x 39.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. A Man doing the Splits

Creator:: George Dance, 1741–1825
Date:: between 1760 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 3/4 inches (18.7 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. The Fair at Cheltenham

Creator:: Edward Eyre, active 1771–1792
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 15 1/8 inches (24.4 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. A Picnic: Two Ladies and a Gentleman

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, brown wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (21.9 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Boys Playing at Marbles

Creator:: Print made by Robert Pollard, 1755–1838
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 × 23 1/2 inches (47.9 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. Boy Spinning Top

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 inches (33.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One

Creator:: James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 1/16 inches (26.9 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Grown Ladies Taught to Dance

Creator:: Print made by P. Crotchet, active 1768
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 x 10 3/4 inches (37.3 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Sliding on Ice

Creator:: Remi Parr, active 1723–1750
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Battledore and shittlecock

Creator:: Nathaniel Parr, active 1742–1751
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. May

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 13 1/4in. (41.3 x 33.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Kite Entangled

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (54.6 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Mr. Deputy Dumpling and Family Enjoying a Summer Afternoon

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/8 inches (35.7 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Miss Shuttle-Cock / Ladies like Shuttlecocks are now array'd, The tail is Cork'd & feather'd is the Head.

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14in. (24.4 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. [Transparent prints].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 6 prints : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets 52 x 37 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.

The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.

Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: [144] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Airopaidia : containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage : hints on the improvement of balloons, and mode of inflation by steam : means to prevent their descent over water : occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction : with various philosophical observations and conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain : with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation : with a copious index / by Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.

Airopaidia : containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage : hints on the improvement of balloons, and mode of inflation by steam : means to prevent their descent over water : occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction : with various philosophical observations and conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain : with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation : with a copious index / by Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.

Creator:: Baldwin, Thomas
Date:: 1786
Physical Description:: [3], viii, [1], 360 [i.e. 361], [1] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale / P. Tempest excudit.

The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale / P. Tempest excudit.

Creator:: Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702
Date:: 1711
Physical Description:: [74] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. The art of dancing explained by reading and figures : whereby the manner of performing the steps is made easy by a new and familiar method / being the original work, first design'd in the year 1724, and now published by Kellom Tomlinson, dancing-master ; in two books.

The art of dancing explained by reading and figures : whereby the manner of performing the steps is made easy by a new and familiar method / being the original work, first design'd in the year 1724, and now published by Kellom Tomlinson, dancing-master ; in two books.

Creator:: Tomlinson, Kellom
Date:: MDCCXXXV [1735]
Physical Description:: [22], 159, [1] p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. [All the bubbles]

Date:: [1720]
Physical Description:: 52 playing cards : illustrations ; each card 9.7 x 6.4 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. [A collection of broadsides / by Adam Toppin].

Creator:: Toppin, Adam, b. 1701
Date:: [1750s or 1760s?]
Physical Description:: 44 broadsides : ill. ; 14-36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Exhibition History Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

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

2. Rehearsal of an opera

3. The Mall

4. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

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

6. David Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Benjamin Hoadly's "The Suspicious Husband"

7. The Anglers' Repast

8. A Party Angling

9. Children in an Interior

10. Charles Collyer as a Boy, with a Cricket Bat

11. The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

12. The Browne Family

13. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

14. John Quick and John Fawcett in Thomas Moreton's "The Way to Get Married"

15. Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters

16. Children at Play, Probably the Artist's Son Jacobus and Daughter Maria Joanna Sophia

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

18. Southwark Fair

19. Study of a Woman Sewing and a Girl Reading

20. Interior of the Brandenburg House Theatre, Hammersmith

21. An Encampment in St. James Park

22. Girl and Boy Anglers

23. A Boy Playing a Drum in the Garden of a Country House

24. Position de la Garde Italienne de L'Epée & Poignard

25. A Tea Garden

26. Pot Fair, Cambridge

27. Musicians and a Performing Bear

28. Portrait of a Lady at a Drawing Table

29. Study of a Peep Show with Two Attendant Figures and Two Children

30. The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury

31. The Artist Sketching Mlle. de St. Legier as a Shepherdess

32. A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table

33. Children Dancing

34. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

35. Flying the Kite

36. The Rotunda and Gardens, Ranelagh

37. Skating in St. James' Park

38. A Band of Savoyards

39. Box Lobby Loungers

40. The Inside of the Elegant Music Room in Vauxhall Gardens

41. St. James's Park

42. Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet

43. Cricket played by the Gentlemens Club, Whiteconduit House

44. Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields

45. Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common

46. Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts

47. Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea

48. Comforts of Bath: The Pump Room

49. Female Dancer with a Tambourine

50. An Airing in Hyde Park

51. The Exercise of See Saw

52. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

53. Leap-Frog

54. Hall's Library at Margate

55. The Prize Fight

56. Bartholomew Fair, 1721

57. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

58. Comforts of Bath: The Bath

59. Mr. H. Angelo's Fencing Academy

60. To the Royal Kentish Bowmen, This Plate of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales

61. Archery

62. Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Sluice at the East End

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

64. Ticket for the Brandenbourg House Masquerade

65. The Humours of Bartholomew Fair

66. Vauxhall Gardens

67. Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger

68. Miss Tipapin Going for All Nine

69. Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar

70. An Orchestra Rehearsing

71. Building Houses with Cards

72. Playing the Games of Quadrille

73. The Fortune Teller or Casting the Coffee Grounds

74. A Perspective View of the Bowling Green &c. at Gubbins in Hertfordshire, a seat of Sr. Jeremy Sambrooke Bart.