Exhibition HistoryThe Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough
1790
104
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Place des Victoires, Paris
ca. 1783
105
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Bay Scene in Moonlight
1787
106
Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
An English Man-of-War Taking Possession of a Ship
1783
107
John Brown, 1749–1787
The Geographers
undated
108
Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Facade for a Temple of Peace, Kew Gardens, Surrey
ca. 1763
109
Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
A View of the Rotunda in the Garden at Stowe, Buckinghamshire
1753
110
Thomas Chippendale, 1718–1779
Design for a Writing Table
1754
111
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo
between 1783 and 1785
112
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun
1789
113
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Mountainous Landscape
ca. 1780
114
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Venus and Mars
ca. 1790
115
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown
1789
116
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants
between 1765 and 1770
117
James Gandon, 1742–1823
Elevation for the West Front of Parliament House, Dublin
ca. 1787
118
Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Mrs. Justinian Casamajor and Eight of her Children
1779
119
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Near Chiavenna in the Grisons
ca. 1779
120
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Albano and Castle Gandolfo
ca. 1779
121
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
London from Greenwich Hill
ca. 1791
122
William Daniell, 1769–1837
Sankrydroog, Madras
1792
123
William Anderson, 1757–1837
A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot
1797
124
William Day, 1764–1807
Matlock Baths, Derbyshire
ca. 1789
125
John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
between 1783 and 1787
126
John Flaxman, 1755–1826
The Creation of the Heavens
ca. 1790
127
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Figures
ca. 1788
128
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
129
Prince Hoare, 1755–1834
Head of a Young Girl
1780
130
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
The French Lady in London
ca. 1771
131
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
The English Lady at Paris
1771
132
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"
1735
133
George Romney, 1734–1802
Italian Sketchbook
1773
134
George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Design for a Chimney Piece
1773
135
Stephen Riou, 1720–1780
Design for 'the Houses of both sides of the intended Street to extend in a right line from the Mansion-House to More-Gate humbly proposed to consideration'
1762
136
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant
1765-1773
137
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)
1765-1773
138
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Sphyrna zygaena (Hammer-headed Shark)
1765-1773
139
Joseph Goupy, 1689–1769
Death of Ananias
1740
140
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
The St. Aubyn Family
1787
141
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
The Memorial of Lord Darnley
1728
142
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Classical Landscape
1717
143
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
The anatomy of the horse
1766
144
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
145
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy,
1754
146
Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789
The works of the late Professor Camper
1794
147
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture
1740
148
The compleat drawing-master;
1766
149
Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645
Iconologia, or, Moral emblems
MDCCIX [1709]
150
Chinese landskips
[ca. 1752?]
151
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
152
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Rules for drawing caricaturas
1788
153
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
154
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
A collection of landskips, and figures, &c.
January 12, 1773
155
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
156
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
157
Hipwell, John
The elements of navigation
1759
158
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Essays on physiognomy
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
159
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Remarks on rural scenery
1797
160
Introduction to drawing ships
[1788]
161
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
An essay on design
1749
162
Austin, William, 1721–1820
A specimen of sketching landscapes, in a free and masterly manner, with a pen or pencil
1781
163
Dubreuil, Jean, 1602–1670
The practice of perspective
1743
164
Parkinson, Thomas, active 1769–1789
Flower painting made easy
[1760?]
165
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the river Wye,
1792
166
Orme's Pocket sketch book
[1799]
167
The florist
[ca. 1760]
168
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Lessons for beginners in the fine art
[1796]
169
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
An essay on the theory of painting
1715
170
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?
The museum of arts
1745?]
171
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
For the curious young gentlemen and ladies that study and practice the commendable art of drawing, colouring, etc.
1751
172
A new drawing-book of out-lines &c. : very proper for the first-practice of all who are willing to excell in that noble-art =
1722
173
A new drawing book of heads, from Castiglione
[176-?]
174
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
A treatise of perspective, demonstrative and practical
1712
175
[Flower groups]
[1798]
176
Russell, John, 1745–1806
Elements of painting with crayons
MDCCLXXII [1772]
177
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice;
1776
178
Grignion, Charles, 1721–1810
The triumph of painting
[1794]
179
The student's treasure
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
180
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape
1793
181
Sir, there is a scheme set on foot for erecting a publick academy for the improvement of the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture ..
1753
182
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
An introduction to the art of drawing,
[17--]
183
A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds
[ca. 1750]
184
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art