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Martin, John, 1789–1854 2
Unknown artist 2
Anderson, William, 1757–1837 1
Clennell, Luke, 1781–1840 1
Jones, George, 1786–1869 1
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723 1
Malton, Thomas the Younger, 1748–1804 1
Northcote, James, 1746–1831 1
Philips, Charles, 1708–1747 1
Redgrave, Richard, 1804–1888 1
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 1
Roberts, David, 1796–1864 1

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Not on view 11
On view 2

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Free to Use 13

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available 13

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Paintings 13

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19th century 7
18th century 6

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oil paint 13
painting (technique) 13
canvas 11
board 1
panel (wood) 1
paper 1

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painting 13

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military art 4
portrait 4
architectural subject 2
cityscape 2
genre subject 2
landscape 2
figure study 1
historical subject 1
marine art 1
religious and mythological subject 1

Subject Terms

army 13

soldiers 7
uniform 5
men 4
military art 4
portrait 4
armor 3
costume 3
dog (animal) 3
horse (animal) 3
soldier 3
women 3
animal 2
architectural subject 2
battle 2
bonnet 2
breeches 2
castle 2
city 2
cityscape 2
clouds 2
dogs (animals) 2
family 2
fireplace 2
flag 2
food 2
genre subject 2
gesture 2
guns 2
house 2

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 6
England 4
Europe 3
Greater London 3
London 3
Al-Jib 1
Banqueting House 1
City of Westminster 1
Conway 1
Cymru 1
Deptford 1
Edinburgh 1
Edinburgh castle 1
Hyde Park 1
Israel 1
Lord Harrington's House 1
Scotland 1
St Giles' Cathedral 1
St. James's 1
Thames 1
Wales 1
Westminster 1
Whitehall 1

Associated People

Amherst, Jeffrey, first Baron Amherst (1717–1797), army officer 1
Berkeley, Hon. George (1693–1746), British politician 1
Berkeley, James, third Earl of Berkeley (aft.1679–1736), Vice-Admiral 1
Berkeley, Mary, Viscount Chetwynd (1671–1741) 1
Blundell, Mary, Lady (née Chetwynd) (born ca. 1690–1756) 1
Buck, Anne, Lady (née Sebright) (1701–1764), Daughter of Sir Edward Sebright of Besford, 3rd Baronet and Dame Anne Sebright-Lyttleton 1
Chamber, Miss Mary (ca. 1714–21–1783), a maternal granddaughter of the second Earl of Berkeley 1
Chetwynd, Walter, first Viscount (1678– 1736) of Rudge and Ingestre, Staffordshire, British Whig politician 1
Chetwynd, William (1684–1770), third Viscount Chetwynd 1
Dunch, Elizabeth (née Godfrey) (born after 1685), daughter of Charles Godfrey (1646–1714) and Arabella Churchill (1648–1730) 1
Germain, Lady Elizabeth (née Berkeley) (1680–1769), aristocrat, courtier, philanthropist and collector of antiquities 1
Howard, Henrietta, Countess of Suffolk (1689–1767) 1
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 1
Joshua 1
Knight, Anne (née Craggs), (1691–1756) 1
Milbanke, Ralph 1
Montagu, Lady Mary (née Churchill), Duchess of Montagu (1689–1751), fourth and youngest daughter and coheir of John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough, and Sarah Churchill, duchess of Marlborough; wife of John Montagu, second Duke of Montagu (1690–1749) 1
Pulteney, Anna Maria (née Gumley) (1694–1758), daughter and co-heiress of John Gumley of Isleworth, commissary general to the army, and wife to William Pulteney, first Earl of Bath 1
Pulteney, William (1684–1764), first Earl of Bath 1
Pyott, Richard, Colonel (before 1692–1738), Lieutenant of Dublin Castle 1
Sackville, Elizabeth (née Colyear), Duchess of Dorset (1689–1768), British court official and noble, the wife of Lionel Sackville, first Duke of Dorset 1
Seymour, Henry Portman (?-1728) 1
Tyrrell, James, General (1674–1742) of Shotover, Oxfordshire, British Army officer and Whig politician 1

Exhibition History

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 2
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 2
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 1
All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23) 1
American Artists Abroad (Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, 1985-06-02 - 1985-09-02) 1
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 1
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 1
English Romanticism (Center Gallery, Bucknell University, 1990-02-24 - 1990-04-08) 1
Henrietta Howard - Countess of Suffolk (Kenwood House, 1988-06-14 - 1988-09-29) 1
High Tea : Glorious Manifestations - East and West (Norton Museum of Art, 2014-02-07 - 2015-05-24) 1
Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) 1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1
Richard Redgrave, R.A. (1804-1888) (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1988-03-16 - 1988-05-22) 1
Richard Redgrave, R.A. (1804-1888) (Yale Center for British Art, 1988-06-14 - 1988-08-07) 1
Romance in Steel: The Heritage of Armor (Higgins Armory Museum, 2001-01-02 - 2001-06-03) 1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 1
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30) 1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 1
The Noble Horse (II) (The Bunkamaura Museum of Art, 2000-09-02 - 2000-10-22) 1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 12
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792

Sir Jeffery Amherst

ca. 1768
David Roberts, 1796–1864

Edinburgh from the Castle

1847
unknown artist

View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

ca. 1750
On view
Luke Clennell, 1781–1840

Baggage Wagons in a Thunderstorm

ca. 1815
John Martin, 1789–1854

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

ca. 1840
Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888

The Deserter's Home

1847
unknown artist

A Review of the London Volunteer Cavalry and Flying Artillery in Hyde... [Read more]

ca. 1804
George Jones, 1786–1869

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

1815
William Anderson, 1757–1837

Hussars Embarking at Deptford

1793
James Northcote, 1746–1831

Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bt., in the Uniform of the Yorkshire (North Riding)... [Read more]

1784
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723

Henry Portman Seymour

1714
John Martin, 1789–1854

The Bard

ca. 1817
On view
Charles Philips, 1708–1747

Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

1730

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