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John Minton, 1917–1957

A Street Corner in Jamaica

(1951)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Harvest Moon

(ca. 1833)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on paper, laid on panel
• Dimensions8 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (22.2 × 27.6 cm), Frame: 11 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (29.2 × 34.3 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Martin, 1789–1854

The Deluge

(1834)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions66 1/4 × 101 3/4 inches (168.3 × 258.4 cm), Frame: 72 1/2 × 109 × 3 inches (184.2 × 276.9 × 7.6 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

The Blacksmith's Shop

(1771)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm), Frame: 55 1/2 × 45 1/4 inches (141 × 114.9 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903

Nocturne in Blue and Silver

(1872 to 1878, butterfly added ca. 1885)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions17 1/2 x 24 inches (44.5 x 61 cm), Frame: 27 1/4 × 33 3/8 × 2 5/8 inches (69.2 × 84.8 × 6.7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Waller Hugh Paton, 1828–1895

Railway Bridge over the River Cart, Paisley

(1857)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions27 × 39 inches (68.6 × 99.1 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863

The Life of Buckingham

(undated, exhibited 1855)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Martin, 1789–1854

Belshazzar's Feast

(1820)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions31 1/2 × 47 1/2 inches (80 × 120.7 cm), Frame: 35 1/2 × 51 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (90.2 × 130.2 × 6.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Bryan Wynter, 1915–1975

Two Menhirs

(ca. 1950)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on board
• Dimensions15 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (39.1 x 37.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

A Summer Evening (Caernarfon Castle)

(between 1764 and 1765)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions24 3/4 x 45 3/4 inches (62.9 x 116.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

George Richmond, 1809–1896

The Agony in the Garden

(1858)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions41 3/4 x 46 inches (106 x 116.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

The Supper by the Fountain

(ca. 1820)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Newark Abbey

(ca. 1807)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions36 x 48 1/2 inches (91.4 x 123.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797

Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

(1766)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Wootton, 1682–1764

Classical Landscape: Evening

(between 1740 and 1745)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions43 x 43 inches (109.2 x 109.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

Cottage on Fire at Night

(between 1785 and 1793)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions22 1/4 × 31 1/2 inches (56.5 × 80 cm), Frame: 29 1/4 × 38 1/2 inches (74.3 × 97.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942

A Theatrical Incident: "As You Like It"

(1938)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions40 x 36 inches (101.6 x 91.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

Walter Greaves, 1846–1930

The Black Lion, Chelsea by Night

(ca. 1890)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions10 1/4 × 14 1/8 inches (26 × 35.9 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

Sir James Guthrie, 1859–1930

Street in Oban, Night

(ca. 1893)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz

John Rogers Herbert, 1810–1890

David, the Future King of Israel, While a Shepherd at Bethlehem

(1877)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on millboard
• Dimensions13 3/8 x 21 7/8 inches (34 x 55.6 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

(between 1798 and 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

James Stephanoff, 1787–1874

Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

(1832)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions17 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (44.5 x 37.1 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

William and Margaret from Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'

(ca. 1785)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions48 x 55 inches (121.9 x 139.7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812

A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard

(1790)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions34 × 27 inches (86.4 × 68.6 cm), Frame: 40 3/4 × 34 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches (103.5 × 88.3 × 6.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Wells, 1907–2000

Night Flowering

(1957)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas board
• Dimensions11 7/16 x 8 7/8 inches (29.1 x 22.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

A Lake by Moonlight

(1780 to 1782)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions24 1/2 × 29 3/4 inches (62.2 × 75.6 cm), Frame: 31 1/4 × 36 3/4 inches (79.4 × 93.3 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810

Corfe Castle, Dorset

(1764)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions13 1/8 x 18 inches (33.3 x 45.7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales

(ca. 1795-96)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions11 3/8 x 15 7/8 inches (28.9 x 40.3 cm), Frame: 16 1/4 × 21 1/8 × 1 1/2 inches (41.3 × 53.7 × 3.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Charles West Cope, 1811–1890

Home Dreams

(1869)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas on panel
• Dimensions25 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches (63.8 x 76.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

James Ward, 1769–1859

Sketch for 'Gordale Scar'

(between 1812 and 1814)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions7 × 9 1/8 inches (17.8 × 23.2 cm), Frame: 12 1/8 × 14 1/4 inches (30.8 × 36.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

Matlock Tor by Moonlight

(between 1777 and 1780)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm), Frame: 32 3/4 × 37 1/2 inches (83.2 × 95.3 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801

Night

(1799)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Henry Pether, active 1828–1865

Upnor Castle, Kent

(ca. 1850)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions24 1/4 x 36 inches (61.6 x 91.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Henry Pether, active 1828–1865

Lambeth Palace

(1858)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions18 1/4 × 24 1/4 inches (46.4 × 61.6 cm), Frame: 20 3/4 × 27 1/4 inches (52.7 × 69.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

George Cruikshank, 1792–1878

Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

(ca. 1857)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788

David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene... [Read more]

(1753)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764

Susannah Maria Cibber (née Arne) as Cordelia

(ca. 1755)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions15 1/16 x 20 9/16 inches (38.3 x 52.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Charles Brooking, 1723–1759

A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

(ca. 1740)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Hoyland, 1934–2011

Night Song 27.4.06

(2006)

• Materials & TechniquesAcrylic on canvas
• Dimensions14 x 12 inches (35.6 x 30.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie

Charles Brooking, 1723–1759

Ship on Fire at Night

(ca. 1756)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions12 1/2 x 17 inches (31.8 x 43.2 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection