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The Blacksmith's Shop
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade
Creator:
Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797
Date:
1766
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
A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 x 27 inches (86.4 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William and Margaret from Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 x 55 inches (121.9 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cottage on Fire at Night
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1785 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 1/4 × 31 1/2 inches (56.5 × 80 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

6. Night

Night
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Matlock Tor by Moonlight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection - The Murder
Creator:
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1751, printed 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Night Watchman
Creator:
Print made by John Bogle, 1746–1804
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 15/16 inches (45.1 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Das Schachspiel
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 11/16 × 16 1/4 inches (32.2 × 41.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Full of the Honeymoon
Creator:
Print made by Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 × 19 7/8 inches (66 × 50.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Young Musicians
Creator:
Print made by Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (40.3 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Boy Lighting a Candle
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1751
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 8 7/8 inches (32.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Curious Maids
Creator:
Print made by John Greenwood, 1727–1792
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (44.2 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Night and a Ship on Fire
Creator:
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 7/16 inches (37.9 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Moonlight

Moonlight
Creator:
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching, aquatint, black chalk, white chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 inches (25.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Moonlight

Moonlight
Creator:
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 3/8 inches (37.5 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection