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Paintings and Sculpture 13
Prints and Drawings 6

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Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–1795 9
Unknown artist 5
Bentley, Bert, 1878–1937 2
Flaxman, John, 1755–1826 2
Gosset, Isaac, 1713–1799 2
Hackwood, William, died 1836 2
Woolner, Thomas, 1825–1892 2
Hayley, Thomas Alphonso, 1780–1800 1
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723 1
Le Marchand, David, 1674–1726 1
Legros, Alphonse, 1837–1911 1
Nasmyth, Patrick, 1787–1831 1
Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762 1
Rysbrack, John Michael, 1694–1770 1
Tassie, James, 1735–1799 1
Webber, John, 1752–1793 1

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Not on view 13
Accessible in the Study Room 6

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Free to Use 18
Under Certain Circumstances 1

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available 19

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Sculptures 10

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18th century 12
19th century 4
20th century 2
19th century-20th century 1

Materials & Techniques

porcelain 6
bronze 3
wood 3
black basalt 2
boxwood 1
glass paste 1
ivory 1
pearwood 1
plaster 1
terracotta 1

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medallion 19

sculpture 12
ceramic 4
low relief 2

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portrait 19
religious and mythological subject 1

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portrait 18
man 5
medallion 4
face 3
mathematician 2
philosopher 2
poet 2
biographer 1
head 1
judge 1
oval 1
playwright 1
politician 1
religious and mythological subject 1
wig 1

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Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), natural philosopher and mathematician 2
Charlotte (1744–1818), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and queen of Hanover, consort of George III 1
Congreve, William (1670–1729), playwright and poet 1
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection 1
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) 1
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 1
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1
Hayley, William (1745–1820), poet and biographer 1
Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), author and lexicographer 1
Linnaeus, Carl (1707–1778), naturalist and taxonomist 1
Martin, Sir James (1820–1886), politician and judge in Australia 1
Nasmyth, Patrick (1787–1831), landscape painter 1
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), poet 1
Vespasian, Roman Emperor from AD 69 to AD 79 1
Wentworth, William Charles (1790–1872), politician and landowner in Australia 1

Exhibition History

Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29) 2
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 1
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19) 1
Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14) 1
Romantics & Revolutionaries : Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-03-30) 1
The World of Alexander Pope (Yale Center for British Art, 1988-04-08 - 1988-05-29) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman Wardwell Liebert, class of 1933, in grateful memory of Chauncey Brewster Tinker, class of 1899 2
Yale Center for British Art, Iola S. Haverstick Fund 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2
Yale Center for British Art, The Gift of Charles Ryskamp 1
Yale Center for British Art, The Osborn Collection, Beinecke Library 1

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James Tassie, 1735–1799

David Garrick

1780
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Sir Charles Linnaeus

undated
Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836

Queen Charlotte

ca. 1776
Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836

King George III

ca. 1776
David Le Marchand, 1674–1726

Sir Isaac Newton

ca. 1710
unknown artist

Sir Isaac Newton

ca. 1735
Patrick Nasmyth, 1787–1831

Self portrait

ca. 1815
Attributed to Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762

Alexander Pope

ca. 1755
Alphonse Legros, 1837–1911

Charles Darwin

1881?
unknown artist

William Congreve

ca. 1715
Accessible in the Study Room
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Collection of 105 Wedgewood Plaques (in one frame)

after 1730
Accessible in the Study Room
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Portrait Medallion of Vespasian

after 1730
Accessible in the Study Room
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Portrait Medallion of Augustus

after 1730
Accessible in the Study Room
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Samuel Johnson Portrait Medallion

ca. 1784; cast between 1891 and 1908
Accessible in the Study Room
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Samuel Johnson Portrait Medallion

undated; cast ca. 1920
Accessible in the Study Room
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Samuel Johnson

1788; cast ca. 1920
Thomas Alphonso Hayley, 1780–1800

William Hayley

1795
Thomas Woolner, 1825–1892

Sir Charles Nicholson

1854
Thomas Woolner, 1825–1892

William Charles Wentworth

1854

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