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Creator:
James Millar, ca.1735–1805
Title:
Family Group
Date:
between 1774 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 × 40 1/2 inches (127 × 102.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Signed in black paint (on piano), center right: "J: Millar Pinx"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.447
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
arch | baby | balcony | breeches | buckles | cat (domestic cat) | cello | children | coat | conversation piece | costume | couch | couple | curtains | daughter | dogs (animals) | dresses | family | father | girl | gown | harpsichord | husband | keystone | letter | man | mother | music | musical instruments | parents | piano | pianoforte | portrait | red | rug | sheet music | shoes | silk | stockings | wife | window | woman
Access:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:931
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Christie's sale catalogue : Pictures by old masters mainly from the 17th & 18th centuries from various sources : 5 June 1959, Christie's, June 5, 1959, p. 13, lot 90, Fiche B51 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 160-161, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 147 (v.1), no. 280, pl. 132, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 66 (v.1), no. 238, pl. 42, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA) [YCBA]

J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 44-5, 96, no. 65, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Sotheby's sale catalogue : Catalogue of eighteenth and nineteenth century drawings, paintings and sculpture : 20 December 1961, Sotheby's, London, December 20, 1961, p. 26, lot 142, Auction Catalogue (YCBA) [YCBA]

Basil Taylor, The Intimate English Portrait, Apollo, v. 77, no. 14, April, 1963, p. 276, fig. 10, N1 A54 + (YCBA) Another Copy also available in Vertical File : V 1168 [YCBA]

Yale University Art Gallery, Painting in England, 1700-1850, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon : [exhibition at] Yale University Art Gallery, April 15-June 20, 1965, , vol. 1, W. Clowes and sons, New Haven, 1965, p. 37 (v.1), no. 133, pl. 42, ND466 Y35 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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