Exhibition History: An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

1. Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames--Morning after a Stormy Night

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 × 64 3/4 inches (121.9 × 164.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (118.1 × 143.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

3. Dort or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 × 92 inches (157.5 × 233.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

4. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1831 to 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches (90.8 x 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

5. The Harvest Moon

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper, laid on panel
Dimensions:: 8 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (22.2 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Warwick Castle

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1748 to 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 37 3/4 × 56 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (95.9 × 142.9 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

7. George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, later first Baron Dover

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: 1823 to 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 29 inches (91.4 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

8. Golding Constable's House, East Bergholt: the Artist's birthplace

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 5 3/4 x 10 inches (14.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. East Bergholt Church

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted to panel
Dimensions:: 7 15/16 x 6 3/16 inches (20.2 x 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1831 to 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (21 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 5/8 x 12 5/8 inches (27 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Cloud Study

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:: 9 3/4 x 11 7/8 inches (24.8 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on Wedgwood biscuit earthenware
Dimensions:: 4 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (10.8 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 × 39 7/8 inches (82.2 × 101.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Zebra

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 × 50 1/4 inches (102.9 × 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. The Beggar's Opera

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/4 x 30 inches (59.1 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. The Horse

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Tempera with pen and black ink on a copper engraving plate
Dimensions:: 4 3/16 x 2 1/2 inches (10.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. A Market Girl

Creator:: Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Date:: between 1776 and 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1750 and 1751
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

20. Paul Mellon on Dublin

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1933
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 × 37 1/2 inches (78.7 × 95.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. The Artist and His Family

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches (52.1 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. The Drummond Family

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 63 inches (104.1 x 160 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. The Gravenor Family

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches (90.2 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in "Love for Love" by William Congreve

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Rome from the Villa Madama

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 9/16 x 52 1/4 inches (95.4 x 132.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. John Gubbins Newton and His Sister, Mary Newton

Creator:: Robert Burnard, 1800–1876
Date:: ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 92 1/2 x 56 1/2 inches (235 x 143.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. The Browne Family

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 35 inches (70.5 × 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: Jan Siberechts, 1627–ca. 1703
Date:: 1697
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 75 1/2 × 54 1/2 inches (191.8 × 138.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Landscape with Cattle

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches (120 x 145.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Grand Canal, Venice

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (23.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Favourites, the Property of H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1834 to 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 49 1/2 inches (101.6 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. Muly Moloch

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835
Date:: 1803
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

33. Eagle, a Celebrated Stallion

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 x 48 inches (90.8 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Shepherd Boy Playing a Flute

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 6 1/2 inches (22.9 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. 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

36. 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

37. A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black and brown wash, gouache, and gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (26.7 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Weald of Kent

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: between 1833 and 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (18.7 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Fulham Church from across the River

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches (29.5 x 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Human Figure, Anterior View (Finished Study of Final Stage of Dissection)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 7/8 inches (54 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/8 inches (30.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table V)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 16 inches (54.6 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Tiger, Lateral View, with Skin and Tissue Removed (Finished Study for Table IX)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 21 1/4 inches (40.6 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The Channel Sketchbook

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook bound in red calf with marbled end papers, comprising 88 leaves with 74 watercolors and 26 graphite sketches on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 4 inches (10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. On the Washburn

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 18 inches (28.6 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Vesuvius in Eruption

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1817 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum, scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 5/8 inches (28.6 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. A Paddle-steamer in a Storm

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (23.2 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Venice, The Mouth of the Grand Canal

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches (22.2 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Leeds

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, scraping out and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 17 inches (29.2 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gum, scraping out and stopping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 3/4 x 41 inches (70.5 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames--Morning after a Stormy Night

2. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

3. Dort or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed

4. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

5. The Harvest Moon

6. Warwick Castle

7. George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, later first Baron Dover

8. Golding Constable's House, East Bergholt: the Artist's birthplace

9. East Bergholt Church

10. Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead

11. Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire

12. Cloud Study

13. Sleeping Leopard

14. Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

15. Zebra

16. The Beggar's Opera

17. The Horse

18. A Market Girl

19. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

20. Paul Mellon on Dublin

21. The Artist and His Family

22. The Drummond Family

23. The Gravenor Family

24. Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in "Love for Love" by William Congreve

25. Rome from the Villa Madama

26. John Gubbins Newton and His Sister, Mary Newton

27. The Browne Family

28. Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire

29. Landscape with Cattle

30. Grand Canal, Venice

31. Favourites, the Property of H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge

32. Muly Moloch

33. Eagle, a Celebrated Stallion

34. Shepherd Boy Playing a Flute

35. Academy by Lamplight

36. Alexander Pope

37. A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River

38. The Weald of Kent

39. Fulham Church from across the River

40. Human Figure, Anterior View (Finished Study of Final Stage of Dissection)

41. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

42. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table V)

43. Tiger, Lateral View, with Skin and Tissue Removed (Finished Study for Table IX)

44. The Channel Sketchbook

45. On the Washburn

46. Vesuvius in Eruption

47. A Paddle-steamer in a Storm

48. Venice, The Mouth of the Grand Canal

49. Leeds

50. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix