Exhibition HistoryThe Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice;
1776
4
A curious collection of beasts, horses, and birds
[ca. 1750]
5
John Russell, 1745–1806
A Drawing of a Part for the Map of the Moon
1794
6
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze
1791
7
William Anderson, 1757–1837
A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot
1797
8
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire
undated
9
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table
ca. 1765
10
George Engleheart, 1753–1829
A Lady of the Blunt Family
ca. 1795
11
Le Brun, Charles, Sir, 1619–1690
A method to learn to design the passions
1734
12
Langton, John, active 1700–1727
A new copy-book of the small Italian hand
[1727?]
13
A new drawing book of heads, from Castiglione
[176-?]
14
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
15
Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801
A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth
approximately 1798-1799
16
Austin, William, 1721–1820
A specimen of sketching landscapes, in a free and masterly manner, with a pen or pencil
1781
17
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
A treatise of perspective, demonstrative and practical
1712
18
Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
A View of Boxhill from Norbury Park, Surrey
ca. 1775
19
William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
20
Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
A View of the Rotunda in the Garden at Stowe, Buckinghamshire
1753
21
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital
ca. 1775
22
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants
between 1765 and 1770
23
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus
between 1760 and 1763
24
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Admiral Vernon's Monument in Westminster Abbey
ca. 1763
25
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy
[177-?]
26
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre
ca. 1785
27
Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
An English Man-of-War Taking Possession of a Ship
1783
28
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
An essay on design
1749
29
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape
1793
30
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
An essay on the theory of painting
1715
31
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
An introduction to the art of drawing,
[17--]
32
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector
between 1760 and 1763
33
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)
1765-1773
34
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Bay Scene in Moonlight
1787
35
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
36
Dirk Langendyck, 1748–1805
British Troops Disembarking
1799
37
Henry Holland, 1745–1806
Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune
ca. 1787
38
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant
1765-1773
39
Chinese landskips
[ca. 1752?]
40
William Alexander, 1767–1816
City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal
1795
41
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Classical Landscape
1717
42
Joseph Goupy, 1689–1769
Death of Ananias
1740
43
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Death on a Pale Horse
ca. 1775
44
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
45
George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Design for a Chimney Piece
1773
46
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Design for a Wall of the Chapel of Revealed Religion
ca. 1780
47
Thomas Chippendale, 1718–1779
Design for a Writing Table
1754
48
James Gibbs, 1682–1754
Design for an Unidentified Town House: Elevation and Plan
ca. 1720
49
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase
between 1712 and 1713
50
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Donnybrook Fair, 1782
1782
51
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy,
1754
52
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"
1735
53
Russell, John, 1745–1806
Elements of painting with crayons
MDCCLXXII [1772]
54
James Gandon, 1742–1823
Elevation for the West Front of Parliament House, Dublin