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The Family of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu and an Attendant
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 x 29 1/2 inches (53.3 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Elihu Yale with Members of his Family and an Enslaved Child
Creator:
Attributed to John Verelst, ca. 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1719
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
79 1/4 × 92 3/4 inches (201.3 × 235.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Cavendish, eleventh Duke of Devonshire
On View:
Not on view
Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
93 x 56 inches (236.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family
Creator:
Gawen Hamilton, ca. 1697–1737
Date:
between 1730 and 1732
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 x 36 1/8 inches (66 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
between 1754 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
37 x 37 7/8 inches (94 x 96.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Unknown Man, perhaps Charles Goring of Wiston (1744-1829), out Shooting with his Servant
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
45 3/4 x 54 inches (116.2 x 137.2 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
A Young Girl with an Enslaved Servant and a Dog
Creator:
Bartholomew Dandridge, baptized 1691–died in or after 1754
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 x 48 inches (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano
Creator:
Print made by Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 3/8 inches (32 × 39 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (60.3 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Young Man
Creator:
Attributed to Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (8.6 x 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1787
Creator:
Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 20 9/16 inches (36.9 × 52.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Slave Trade
Creator:
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 × 29 1/2 inches (55.9 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant
Creator:
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1760s
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (62.2 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Exhibition of Royal Academy
Creator:
Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Beauty's Tribute (Elizabeth Cooper)
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne, 1656–ca. 1701
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 13 11/16 × 10 3/16 inches (34.8 × 25.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
African Hospitality
Creator:
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 29 1/4in. (56.5 x 74.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro
Creator:
Print made by W. Pyott, active late 18th century
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (48.9 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
Woman Holding a Mask
Creator:
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
between 1795 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on medium, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (33.7 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
Date:
not before 1787
Physical Description:
1 signet ring : gold with red stone (jasper?) ; face 28 x 21 mm, band 25 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan M. Yecies, Yale BA 1971
The Gentleman's magazine.
Date:
1731-1907
Physical Description:
v. [plates (part col.) ports., maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts