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Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

John Phillippo Nighorus

(1771)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 cm), Frame: 44 1/4 × 36 × 2 1/2 inches (112.4 × 91.4 × 6.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801

A Sportsman with His Son

(1779)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions36 × 28 inches (91.4 × 71.1 cm), Frame: 43 × 35 3/8 × 3 1/4 inches (109.2 × 89.9 × 8.3 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James Ward, 1769–1859

Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for “The Liboya Serpent... [Read more]

(ca. 1803)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions33 x 47 inches (83.8 x 119.4 cm), Frame: 40 1/2 × 53 1/2 inches (102.9 × 135.9 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Francis Bacon, 1909–1992

Study of a Head

(1952)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions19 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (49.5 × 39.4 cm), Frame: 26 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (67.9 × 57.8 × 7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Beekman C. and Margaret H. Cannon

Willem Wissing, ca. 1656–1687

Unknown Boy

(ca. 1685)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions81 1/2 x 48 3/4 inches (207 x 123.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Leon Kossoff, 1926–2019

Fidelma III

(1979)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on board
• Dimensions24 × 12 inches (61 × 30.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture (Loan)
• Credit lineLent from a Private Collection

Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849

Studies of a Fox, a Barn Owl, a Peahen, and the Head of a Young Man

(ca. 1815)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions19 1/2 × 18 5/8 inches (49.5 × 47.3 cm), Frame: 13 5/8 × 22 7/8 × 1 3/4 inches (34.6 × 58.1 × 4.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896

The Sluggard

(ca. 1895)

• Materials & TechniquesBronze
• DimensionsOverall: 20 × 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (50.8 × 24.1 × 16.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s

Two Jeyties Fighting

(ca. 1792)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 3/4 × 10 inches (17.1 × 25.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s

Self-Portrait as an Artist

(between 1790 and 1796)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsMount: 8 × 5 3/8 inches (20.3 × 13.7 cm), Sheet: 7 × 4 1/2 inches (17.8 × 11.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s

Self-Portrait as a Devotee

(between 1790 and 1796)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 × 6 inches (22.9 × 15.2 cm), Image: 7 7/8 × 5 1/2 inches (20 × 14 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Bibi Amber Kaur

(between 1790 and 1796)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 11 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (30.2 × 19.7 cm), Image: 9 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (24.8 × 15.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s

Two Jeyties

(between 1790 and 1796)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 7 × 9 3/8 inches (17.8 × 23.8 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s

Devotee in a Green Turban

(between 1790 and 1796)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 × 6 inches (22.9 × 15.2 cm), Image: 8 1/8 × 5 3/8 inches (20.6 × 13.7 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s

Man with a Blue Cloth over his Legs

(between 1790 and 1796)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 4 1/2 × 5 7/8 inches (11.4 × 14.9 cm), Image: 4 × 4 7/8 inches (10.2 × 12.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

unknown artist

Portrait of a Mughal Woman in Red and Gold

(18th century)

• Materials & TechniquesGouache, watercolor, pen and ink, and gilding on burnished Indian paper
• DimensionsSheet: 16 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (41.6 × 28.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Bhoj Raj, active eighteenth century

Madhavrao Ballajirao Peshwa

(between 1760 and 1800)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and gilding on burnished Indian paper
• DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 × 4 1/2 inches (21 × 11.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Robert Mabon, died 1798

Muslim Devotee

(between 1791 and 1798)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (15.9 × 10.8 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810

Portrait of a Lady

(between 1785 and 1787)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor on ivory
• DimensionsImage: 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches (3.5 x 3.8 cm), Frame: 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1/8 inches (5.4 x 3.8 x 0.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger N. Radford

George Chinnery, 1774–1852

Study for the Portrait of a Major General, possibly Arthur Wellesley,... [Read more]

(between 1802 and 1810)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 7/8 × 4 3/8 inches (17.5 × 11.1 cm), Mount: 9 7/8 × 7 inches (25.1 × 17.8 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

George Chinnery, 1774–1852

Young Person with a Basket

(1845)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite on Asian paper
• DimensionsSheet: 4 1/8 × 4 7/8 inches (10.5 × 12.4 cm), Mount: 7 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (20 × 18.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

George Chinnery, 1774–1852

Old Man Leaning on a Stick

(between 1826 and 1852)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite on Asian paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 × 3 3/8 inches (12.7 × 8.6 cm), Mount: 8 × 6 1/4 inches (20.3 × 15.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Alexander, 1767–1816

A Mandarin in his Court Dress

(ca. 1814)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 8 × 5 1/2 inches (20.3 × 13.9 cm), Mount: 11 × 7 5/8 inches (27.9 × 19.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Tom Wood, born 1955

Dreaming of Colours

(1994)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions21 x 23 inches (53.3 x 58.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Partial Gift of Duncan Robinson

Tom Wood, born 1955

Dreaming of Shapes

(1994)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions21 x 23 1/2 inches (53.3 x 59.7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Partial Gift of Duncan Robinson

Anthony Fry, 1927–2016

Nudes

(ca. 1962)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on concrete backed with plywood
• Dimensions36 7/8 x 40 7/8 inches (93.7 x 103.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

Sir John Lavery, 1856–1941

Woman in Japanese Dress

(1883)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions11 × 8 3/8 inches (27.9 × 21.3 cm), Frame: 16 5/8 × 14 × 1 1/2 inches (42.2 × 35.6 × 3.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Gwen John, 1876–1939

Study of a Nun

(ca. 1915)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on board laid to panel
• Dimensions23 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (60.8 × 40.5 cm), Frame: 30 7/8 × 22 3/8 × 1 1/2 inches (78.4 × 56.8 × 3.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Frank Auerbach, 1931–2024

Seated Figure II

(1961)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on board
• Dimensions19 × 16 inches (48.3 × 40.6 cm), Frame: 28 × 28 × 4 1/4 inches (71.1 × 71.1 × 10.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture (Loan)
• Credit lineLent from a Private Collection

Leon Kossoff, 1926–2019

Seated Figure

(1960)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on board
• Dimensions24 × 12 inches (61 × 30.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture (Loan)
• Credit lineLent from a Private Collection

Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871

Studies for the Duke of Wellington

(ca. 1820)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on millboard
• Dimensions13 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches (33.7 x 42.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959

The Corporal of Horse

(ca. 1927)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm), Frame: 47 3/4 × 45 3/4 × 3 5/8 inches (121.3 × 116.2 × 9.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961

Dorelia in the Garden at Alderney Manor, Dorset

(ca. 1911)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions20 × 11 7/8 inches (50.8 × 30.2 cm), Frame: 20 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (52.1 × 31.1 × 3.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835

Studies of Riders in the Hunting Field

(ca. 1805)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions14 5/8 × 26 1/4 inches (37.1 × 66.7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Attributed to William Etty, 1787–1849

Male Nude, Kneeling, from the Back

(ca. 1840)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on board
• Dimensions16 1/2 x 17 inches (41.9 x 43.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

Edward Haytley, active 1740–1761

A Sportsman

(1752)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions20 3/8 x 14 3/8 inches (51.8 x 36.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Arthur Devis, 1712–1787

Gentleman with a Cannon

(1741)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions18 x 12 3/4 inches (45.7 x 32.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Bequest of John Davis Skilton, Jr.

George Jones, 1786–1869

Studies of Royal Horse Artillery Uniform, and of an A.D.C. to the... [Read more]

(1815)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on paper
• Dimensions11 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (29.8 x 38.7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Michael Andrews, 1928–1995

Study of a Head for Lights

(1968)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions7 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (19.7 x 21 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale BS 1931

Michael Andrews, 1928–1995

Study of a Head with a White Hat

(1967)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on board
• Dimensions7 1/4 x 8 inches (18.4 x 20.3 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Dorothy C. Weicker in honor and memory of her parents, Beatrice Trostel and Frederick E. Weicker, Yale BS 1931