Medium: painting (technique) / On-site Access: Not on view / Subject Terms: boys

1. Children by a Brook

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1822
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (74.9 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Date:: 1730
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches (71.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Lord Rivers's Stud Farm, Stratfield Saye

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849, Swiss, active in Britain (from 1800)
Date:: 1807
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 60 x 84 inches (152.4 x 213.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Lord John Hay and Charles, Master of Yester (later third Marquis of Tweeddale)

Creator:: Gilbert Soest, ca. 1600–1681, Dutch, active in Britain (by 1657)
Date:: 1673
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 3/4 x 42 inches (126.4 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Interior of an Academy: The Critics

Creator:: William Stewart, active 1847–1856, British
Date:: 1848
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 x 24 1/2 inches (81.3 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 3/4 × 36 1/2 inches (65.4 × 92.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Governess

Creator:: Emily Mary Osborn, 1828–1925, British
Date:: 1860
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (34.9 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent

Creator:: Arthur Nelson, active 1765–1773, British
Date:: ca. 1767
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 43 inches (57.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Westminster Abbey from Tothill Fields

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842, British
Date:: 1832
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 1/4 x 10 inches (18.4 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Study of 'The Schoolroom'

Creator:: Attributed to Thomas Webster, 1800–1886, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (15.9 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: between 1748 and 1749
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Street Corner in Jamaica

Creator:: John Minton, 1917–1957, British
Date:: 1951
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. A West Indian Flower Girl and Two other Free Women of Color

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Date:: ca. 1769
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (31.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Browne Family

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:: ca. 1778
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 35 inches (70.5 × 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Miss Catherine Herrick with her Nieces and Nephews, the Five Elder Children of the Rev. and Mrs. Henry Palmer

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860, British
Date:: 1827
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 1/4 x 45 1/4 inches (132.7 x 114.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Rev. and Mrs. Henry Palmer with their six younger children at Withcote Hall, Near Oakham, Leicestershire

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860, British
Date:: 1838
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 46 inches (132.1 x 116.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The John Bacon Family

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787, British
Date:: between 1742 and 1743
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 51 5/8 inches (76.2 x 131.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Date:: between 1710 and 1730
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 45 1/2 inches (76.5 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A View of Eton and the Fellows Eyot

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: Oil on paper on panel
Dimensions:: 6 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (16.5 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Ring O' Roses

Creator:: Thomas Webster, 1800–1886, British
Date:: ca. 1850
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Severe Steward, or Unfortunate Tenant

Creator:: William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828, British
Date:: between 1800 and 1801
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 50 1/8 inches (102.2 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Children in an Interior

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787, British
Date:: ca. 1743
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 49 3/4 inches (99.1 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Benevolent Heir or the Tenant Restored to his Family

Creator:: William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828, British
Date:: ca. 1797
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 50 1/4 inches (102.2 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Boys Bathing on the River Wensum, Norwich

Creator:: John Crome, 1768–1821, British
Date:: 1817
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 19 × 14 1/8 inches (48.3 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Italian Landscape (Morning)

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: between 1760 and 1765
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 5/8 x 37 1/4 inches (70.2 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Rainbow

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset

Creator:: John Brett, 1831–1902, British
Date:: 1884
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 48 inches (61 × 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Henry Luce Foundation

30. West Indian Women of Color, with a Child and Black Servant

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (31.1 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877, British
Date:: 1863
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Portrait of Two Boys, probably Joseph and John Joseph Nollekens

Creator:: Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748, Flemish, active in Britain (1708; from 1733)
Date:: ca. 1745
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches (31.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection