Period: 18th century / Work Type: bust / Subject Terms: portrait

1. John Locke

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 21 inches (53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. Sir Isaac Newton

Creator:: John Cheere, 1709–1787
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Lead
Dimensions:: Overall: 11 x 7 x 3 1/4 inches (27.9 x 17.8 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Charles James Fox

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 27 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 10 inches (69.2 x 47 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. John Locke

Creator:: Attributed to John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Lead (on stone base)
Dimensions:: Overall: 29 × 23 × 9 inches (73.7 × 58.4 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Sir Andrew Fountaine

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: ca. 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 23 3/4 × 19 × 9 3/4 inches (60.3 × 48.3 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Samuel Johnson

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 x 14 x 11 inches (61 x 35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 28 x 21 x 11 inches (71.1 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Hercules

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: between 1745 and 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 22 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 9 inches (57.2 x 54.6 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 27 x 18 x 9 inches (68.6 x 45.7 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. George III

Creator:: John Nost III, active 1749–died 1780
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 25 × 19 1/4 × 10 inches (63.5 × 48.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. William III

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: ca. 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 25 1/2 x 18 x 11 3/4 inches (64.8 x 45.7 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Francis Hayman

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 25 × 22 × 12 inches (63.5 × 55.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Thomas Dawson, first Baron Dartrey (Later first Viscount Cremorne)

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Carrara marble on an original oval socle
Dimensions:: Overall: 21 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches, 110 lb. (54.6 × 41.9 × 24.1 cm, 49.9 kg)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Omphale

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 22 x 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (55.9 x 44.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Peter Tillemans

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: 1727
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 27 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches, 73.5 lb. (69.9 × 47 × 22.2 cm, 33.3 kg)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, partial Gift of Cyril Humphris
On View:: Not on view

17. Francis, second Earl of Godolphin

Creator:: Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 1/2 x 13 x 11 inches (62.2 x 33 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

18. Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774; reigned 1769–1774)

Creator:: Christopher Hewetson, 1737/38–1798
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 31 1/2 × 26 × 12 inches (80 × 66 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Bust of a Man

Creator:: Francis Harwood, 1726/7–1783
Date:: ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Black limestone on a yellow marble socle
Dimensions:: Overall: 28 × 20 × 10 1/2 inches (71.1 × 50.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Bust of Niobe's Daughter, after the Antique

Creator:: Anne Seymour Damer, 1748–1828
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 17 1/4 x 9 x 8 1/2 inches (43.8 x 22.9 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. Dr. Anthony Addington

Creator:: Thomas Banks, 1735–1805
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 29 1/8 × 17 15/16 × 10 1/16 inches (74 × 45.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

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1. John Locke

2. Alexander Pope

3. Sir Isaac Newton

4. Charles James Fox

5. John Locke

6. Sir Andrew Fountaine

7. Samuel Johnson

8. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

9. Hercules

10. Alexander Pope

11. George III

12. William III

13. Francis Hayman

14. Thomas Dawson, first Baron Dartrey (Later first Viscount Cremorne)

15. Omphale

16. Peter Tillemans

17. Francis, second Earl of Godolphin

18. Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774; reigned 1769–1774)

19. Bust of a Man

20. Bust of Niobe's Daughter, after the Antique

21. Dr. Anthony Addington