Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: religious and mythological subject

1. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

Creator:: William Artaud, 1763–1823
Date:: 1788 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Mary and Joseph Outside the Inn

Creator:: John Runciman, 1744–1768
Date:: 1763 to 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 11 1/2 inches (22.9 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Jacob's Dream

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (163.8 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. St. Paul before Agrippa

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches (81.9 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Dido

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 3/16 × 72 3/16 inches (244.3 × 183.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

Creator:: Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:: ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Allegory of Fortune

Creator:: Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 5/16 x 35 1/8 inches (71.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1719 and 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 23 3/8 inches (43.8 x 59.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Cave of Despair

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. The Good Samaritan

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1751 and 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 78 1/2 × 48 1/2 inches (199.4 × 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. Rebecca Receiving the Bracelet at the Well

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 3/4 x 63 3/16 inches (123.8 x 160.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. The Education of Achilles

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 3/4 inches (102.9 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

14. Cymon and Iphigenia

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 32 1/2 inches (61.3 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

15. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Study of the Lamentation on the Dead Christ

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper on panel
Dimensions:: 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (29.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Christ Disappearing at Emmaus

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 56 1/2 x 46 1/2 inches (143.5 x 118.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. The Mandrake: A Charm

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: exhibited RA 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 29 1/2 inches (63.5 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 x 25 1/2 inches (50.8 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. 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

21. The Angel Binding Satan

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (45.1 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. The Death of Lucretia

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: 1763 to 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 84 x 104 inches (213.4 x 264.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. The Angel of Mercy

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: ca. 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 x 19 inches (59.7 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. The Death of Orpheus

Creator:: Landscape by Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/2 x 51 inches (95.3 x 129.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Man attacking a monster

Creator:: Attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 14 inches (29.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Venus

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (20.6 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Adonis

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (20.6 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Samson Slaying a Philistine

Creator:: John Cheere, 1709–1787
Date:: between 1740 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Lead
Dimensions:: Overall: 79 15/16 inches (203 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
On View:: Not on view

29. Allegory of Geometry

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Stoneware ('Coade Stone')
Dimensions:: Overall: 21 1/4 × 42 1/4 × 8 inches (54 × 107.3 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

30. Father Time

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Stoneware ('Coade Stone')
Dimensions:: Overall: 59 1/2 inches (151.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

31. Sacrifice to Hercules

Creator:: Gaspar van der Hagen, active 1747–died 1769
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Marble relief
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 x 28 15/16 inches (61 x 73.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and a Gift from the Parnassus Foundation, Courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
On View:: Not on view

32. 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

33. The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts

Creator:: Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:: Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

34. The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnassus

Creator:: Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:: Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

35. Hymen

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (49.5 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (23.2 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. George Taylor's Epitaph: Death Giving George Taylor a Cross Buttock

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (22.5 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Temptation of Christ

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (14 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

39. Two studies for a male portrait

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (14.6 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Richard Teitz, Yale BA 1963, in celebration of the 50th Reunion of his class, and in memory of Alexander Teitz, Yale BA 1934, and Lucille Teitz

40. Sketches for "The Accusation of Susanna"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 5/8 inches (27.3 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

41. Apollo and Diana for "The Destruction of Niobe's Children"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium moderately textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (32.1 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

42. Devils for the Temptation of Christ

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (14 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

43. The Accusation of Susanna

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 1/8 inches (30.5 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

44. Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (41.9 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

45. The Destruction of Niobe's Children

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches (32.4 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

46. Samson Overpowered

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on medium slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches (49.5 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

47. Sketchbook Drawing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

48. Two Figures: Probably for the Bath of Diana

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (12.4 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

49. A Mother with Her Child in Her Arms Flying upon the Ramparts of a City in Flames

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 inches (49.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. David before Saul

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with gray and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 22 3/8 inches (41.9 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

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1. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

2. Mary and Joseph Outside the Inn

3. Jacob's Dream

4. St. Paul before Agrippa

5. Dido

6. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

7. Allegory of Fortune

8. Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth

9. The Cave of Despair

10. A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

11. The Good Samaritan

12. Rebecca Receiving the Bracelet at the Well

13. The Education of Achilles

14. Cymon and Iphigenia

15. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

16. Study of the Lamentation on the Dead Christ

17. Christ Disappearing at Emmaus

18. The Mandrake: A Charm

19. The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies

20. Christening of the Heir

21. The Angel Binding Satan

22. The Death of Lucretia

23. The Angel of Mercy

24. The Death of Orpheus

25. Man attacking a monster

26. Venus

27. Adonis

28. Samson Slaying a Philistine

29. Allegory of Geometry

30. Father Time

31. Sacrifice to Hercules

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

33. The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts

34. The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnassus

35. Hymen

36. George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

37. George Taylor's Epitaph: Death Giving George Taylor a Cross Buttock

38. The Temptation of Christ

39. Two studies for a male portrait

40. Sketches for "The Accusation of Susanna"

41. Apollo and Diana for "The Destruction of Niobe's Children"

42. Devils for the Temptation of Christ

43. The Accusation of Susanna

44. Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe

45. The Destruction of Niobe's Children

46. Samson Overpowered

47. Sketchbook Drawing

48. Two Figures: Probably for the Bath of Diana

49. A Mother with Her Child in Her Arms Flying upon the Ramparts of a City in Flames

50. David before Saul