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Phaeton with a Pair of Cream Ponies and a Stable-Lad
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
between 1780 and 1784
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:
35 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (89.5 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax and oil on millboard
Dimensions:
26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Preparing for the Hunt
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
47 x 49 inches (119.4 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Musical Conversation
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 x 30 7/8 inches (66 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Barber
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:
between 1760 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (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
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
St. Paul's Cathedral
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 24 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (62.9 × 73 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Vegetable Seller, Covent Garden
Creator:
Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:
ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
13 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (34.6 x 27 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Woman, possibly Anne (née Ward) Morland, Wife of the Artist
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 11/16 x 9 11/16 inches (29.7 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Soldier with Country Women Selling Ribbons, near a Military Camp
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Linen Market with a Linen-stall and Vegetable Seller in the West Indies
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 5/8 x 30 inches (54.9 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Birth of the Heir
Creator:
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:
ca. 1799
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
A Game of Quadrille
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
ca. 1740
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 Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012)
On View:
Not on view
Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 3/16 x 48 inches (91.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Covent Garden
Creator:
Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:
ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 21 × 34 1/2 inches (53.3 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Interior of Westminster Abbey
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1714
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 1/8 x 38 1/2 inches (122.2 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Landscape with Figures
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches (52.1 x 67.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

20. Morning

Morning
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

21. 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
View on the Medway
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1776
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

23. Evening

Evening
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

24. Noon

Noon
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
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
The Squire's Door
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 5/16 x 12 7/8 inches (38.9 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
The Medway at Rochester
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 3/4 x 31 inches (55.2 x 78.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Duke of Hamilton's Grey Racehorse 'Victorious' at Newmarket
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
113 1/4 x 127 1/8 inches (287.7 x 322.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Vegetable Seller
Creator:
Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:
between 1725 and 1728
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 1/2 × 43 3/4 inches (82.6 × 111.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Girl Bundling Asparagus
Creator:
John Atkinson, active 1770–1775
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/8 × 25 inches (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Kitchen Scene
Creator:
John Atkinson, active 1770–1775
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 3/8 x 25 inches (77.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Mother with her Son and a Pony
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 x 11 inches (33 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Hearing
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

35. Whitehall

Whitehall
Creator:
William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 × 35 7/8 inches (71.1 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House
Creator:
Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 x 50 1/4 inches (88.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Arches of Westminster Bridge
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (108.6 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A View of the Cathedral and City of Lincoln from the River
Creator:
Joseph Baker of Lincoln, active 1742–1770
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 9/16 x 43 1/4 inches (82.7 x 109.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Mistletoe Bough
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 5/8 × 18 1/2 inches (57.5 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A West Indian Flower Girl and Two other Free Women of Color
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (31.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Linen Market, Dominica
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 5/8 × 27 inches (49.8 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Market Day, Roseau, Dominica
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 18 1/4 inches (35.6 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Free West Indian Creoles in Elegant Dress
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (30.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
West Indian Man of Color, Directing Two Carib Women with a Child
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 x 9 7/8 inches (30.5 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
West Indian Women of Color, with a Child and Black Servant
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (31.1 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Planter and his Wife, with a Servant
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 x 9 3/4 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
British Gentlemen at Sir Horace Mann's Home in Florence
Creator:
Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
Date:
between 1763 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
37 15/16 x 48 15/16 inches (96.4 x 124.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Touch
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Dead Soldier
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 × 50 inches (101.6 × 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Sight
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Taste
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Marmalong Bridge
Creator:
William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 x 36 inches (68.6 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Sense of Smell
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Hackwood Park, Hampshire
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated, exhibited 1764
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 3/16 x 50 1/4 inches (102.1 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Lincoln's Inn, the Chapel, and Old Hall, London
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 3/4 x 49 3/4 inches (88.3 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Billiard Room
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/8 x 27 1/4 inches (46 x 69.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1790 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (26 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Salmon Leap, Leixlip
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches (67.6 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Northumberland House, London
Creator:
Attributed to William James, active 1754–1771
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 16 inches (29.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Frost on the Thames
Creator:
Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:
1788 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 3/16 × 48 3/16 inches (76.7 × 122.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Servants Washing a Deer
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (31.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Christening of the Heir
Creator:
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:
ca. 1799
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
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
Academy by Lamplight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with roulette and rocker work, first state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman
Creator:
George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 inches (11.1 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (8.6 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A View of Several Palaces at Naples at Sun Rise
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches (24.5 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager
Creator:
Engraved by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/16 × 21 3/4 inches (44 × 55.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
A Lecture on Gadding
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, stipple engraving, and mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 7/16 x 15 1/16 inches (46.9 x 38.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady's Maid Soaping Linen
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 13/16 × 9 13/16 inches (35.1 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Unlucky Boy
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 inches (51 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Affectionate Daughter
Creator:
John Eginton, active 1763–1800
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, printed in color on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 7/16 inches (37.9 × 29 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The House of William Russell, Esq., Showell Green
Creator:
William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on left edge to B1977.14.14752b
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 13/16 inches (21.8 x 30 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The House of William Russell, Esq., Showell Green: English and French Text
Creator:
William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper (page in book), pasted on left edge to B1977.14.14752a
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 15/16 inches (20.6 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The House of George Humphrys, Esq., Spark Brook
Creator:
William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (22 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bordesley Hall, the Seat of John Taylor, Esq.
Creator:
William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 9/16 x 10 9/16 inches (21.7 x 26.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Daughters of Guercino
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving in red ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 13/16 inches (33.1 × 27.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of a Man with Stick Wearing the Order of the Garter
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (23.8 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A French Petit Maître and His Valet
Creator:
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on medium, moderately textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 1/4 x 11 5/16 inches (41.3 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Negroes Dance in the Island of Dominica
Creator:
Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/16 x 19 7/8 inches (33.8 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Free Natives of Dominica
Creator:
Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 5/16 inches (50.2 x 33.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Every Sous Begad!
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 8 11/16 inches (20.6 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Fish-Street Macaroni
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (29.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Full Blown Macaroni
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 9/16 inches (29.8 x 21.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inimitable Mr. James Moss
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 11/16 x 7 1/4 inches (24.6 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Monsieur Le Fouet, La Francia
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.4 × 17.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Paysanne de la France
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
1769-1770
Materials & Techniques:
Drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 11/16 inches (24.5 x 19.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Postiglione Germanico
Creator:
Print made by Charles Bretherton, ca. 1760–1783
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (27.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Postiglione Inglese
Creator:
Print made by Charles Bretherton, ca. 1760–1783
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 3/8 inches (27.2 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of a Lady
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 8 15/16 inches (31.4 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustrations to Samuel Richardson's 'The Life of Pamela', illustrated by Joseph Highmore
Creator:
Print made by L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 11 3/4 x 14 13/16in. (29.8 x 37.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1750
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 18 9/16 inches (31.1 x 47.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A French Physician with His Retinue Going to Visit His Patients
Creator:
Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/16 x 13 3/4 inches (28.1 x 35 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Now Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni
Creator:
Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (28.2 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Macarony Brothers
Creator:
Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 8 3/16 inches (27.9 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Houndsditch Macaroni
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 8 9/16 inches (25.4 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection