Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: gesture

1. The Mountain Torrent

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 5/16 × 61 inches (99.9 × 154.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: beeswax and oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Family of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu and an Attendant

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 x 29 1/2 inches (53.3 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Chateaux de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: 1802 to 1803
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Virgin and Child

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Tempera on panel
Dimensions:: 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (28.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. An Unknown Man in Black

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780, British
Date:: 1735
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 5/16 x 27 15/16 inches (92.2 x 71 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram

Creator:: Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759–1838, British
Date:: ca. 1801
Medium:: Pen and ink and oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 3/4 × 11 1/2 inches (37.5 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. John Michael Rysbrack Modelling His Terra-Cotta Statue of Hercules

Creator:: Andrea Soldi, 1703–1771, Italian, active in Britain (from ca. 1736)
Date:: 1753
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 45 3/16 x 35 3/4 inches (114.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: between 1719 and 1720
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 23 3/8 inches (43.8 x 59.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

Creator:: John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Date:: 1785
Medium:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Sir John Rushout, Bt.

Creator:: John Smibert, 1688–1751, British, active in America (from 1728)
Date:: 1726
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (99.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. John Eardley Wilmot

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: 1812
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/2 x 58 1/4 inches (105.4 x 148 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. '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

14. Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School

Creator:: John Smibert, 1688–1751, British, active in America (from 1728)
Date:: 1724
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 95 1/4 x 59 inches (241.9 x 149.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
Date:: 1767
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 1/4 x 65 inches (130.2 x 165.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Diana at the Bath

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859, British
Date:: 1830
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 1/2 inches (76.2 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Date:: ca. 1735
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 49 inches (67.6 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Death of the Hare

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Date:: ca. 1735
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 1/4 inches (102.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. 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

20. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Date:: ca. 1797
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Rochester

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (25.1 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Kisler Aga, Chief of the Black Eunuchs and First Keeper of the Serraglio

Creator:: Francis Smith, active 1763–1780, British
Date:: between 1763 and 1779
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (54.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Portrait of an Unknown Boy

Creator:: Willem Wissing, ca. 1656–1687, Dutch, active in Britain (by 1676)
Date:: ca. 1685
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 81 1/2 x 48 3/4 inches (207 x 123.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Vegetable Seller, Covent Garden

Creator:: Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1715)
Date:: ca. 1726
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (34.6 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. William Weddell

Creator:: Pompeo Batoni, 1708–1787, Italian
Date:: between 1765 and 1766
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 3/8 x 38 1/8 inches (133 x 96.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Foxhunting Scene

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835, British
Date:: 1808
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

27. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 47 1/2 inches (96.5 x 120.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. 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

29. Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in "Love for Love" by William Congreve

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Sir Robert and Lady Smyth with Their Son, Hervey

Creator:: Attributed to Andrea Soldi, 1703–1771, Italian, active in Britain (from ca. 1736)
Date:: between 1738 and 1739
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 61 1/4 × 49 1/4 inches (155.6 × 125.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Selling Guinea Pigs

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804, British
Date:: ca. 1789
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 Collection

32. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Date:: early 1760s
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 Collection

33. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888, British
Date:: ca. 1832
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. 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

35. Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:: 1792
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 65 1/2 x 52 1/2 inches (166.4 x 133.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Evening

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Mrs. Barclay and Her Children

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:: between 1776 and 1777
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 × 27 7/8 inches (90.2 × 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Mrs. Bentley

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:: ca. 1775
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 7/8 × 27 5/8 inches (91.1 × 70.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Paetus and Arria

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: 1766
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. An Unknown Man

Creator:: George Beare, active 1738–1749, British
Date:: 1746
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 Collection

41. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886, British
Date:: 1846
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 × 34 inches (102.2 × 86.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Free West Indian Creoles in Elegant Dress

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (30.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. West Indian Man of Color, Directing Two Carib Women with a Child

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 9 7/8 inches (30.5 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Planter and his Wife, with a Servant

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 9 3/4 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801, British
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 17 inches (34.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. 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

47. An Unknown Man

Creator:: Michael Dahl, 1656–1743, Swedish, active in Britain (from 1682)
Date:: ca. 1720
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 65 × 54 1/2 inches (165.1 × 138.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Admiral Lord Bridport

Creator:: Lemuel Francis Abbott, ca. 1760–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 7/8 × 24 5/8 inches (47.9 × 62.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. 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

51. The Victualling Office, Plymouth

Creator:: Nicholas Condy, 1793–1857, British
Date:: ca. 1835
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/16 x 24 1/8 inches (45.9 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. General Thomas Gage

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776)
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
Dimensions:: 50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. The Countess of Effingham with Gun and Shooting Dogs

Creator:: George Haugh, 1756–1827, British
Date:: 1787
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 15 inches (43.8 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. The Reverend Thomas Levett and Favourite Dogs, Cock-shooting

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859, British
Date:: 1811
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (71.4 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family

Creator:: Gawen Hamilton, ca. 1697–1737, British
Date:: between 1730 and 1732
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 36 1/8 inches (66 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787, British
Date:: 1745 to 1747
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

57. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873, British
Date:: Summer 1846 to March 1847
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 69 1/4 x 94 inches (175.9 x 238.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Date:: 1788
Medium:: Etching with roulette and rocker work, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Learning to Walk

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (26 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Château des Comtes de Flandre, Ghent

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874, British
Date:: ca. 1833
Medium:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 inches (35.3 x 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Night

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British
Date:: 1756
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (39.7 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. The Damnation of Obadiah

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 11/16 inches (30.6 x 39.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842, British
Date:: 1817
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (47.9 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. A Modern Spread Eagle

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.3 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

Creator:: Print made by Hugh Downman, d. 1789
Date:: ca. 1787
Medium:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 13 1/4 inches (48.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. La Mancha

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841, British
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 x 6 11/16 inches (18.3 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Gate Toward Bursit, Aix-la-Chappelle

Creator:: Charles Gore, 1729–1807, British
Date:: 1785
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 18 1/2 inches (28.9 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. The Long Minuet as Danced at Bath

Creator:: unknown artist, (John Peace?)
Date:: after 1787
Medium:: Brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 58 7/16 inches (24 x 148.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Brighton Town and Church

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 18 13/16 inches (30 × 47.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Ascension of Madame Sage, Chevalier Biggin and Captain Vincent Lunardi in a Balloon, June 20, 1785

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1785
Medium:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 1/8 inches (25.2 × 33.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. The Spoiled Child, Scene II

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808, British
Date:: ca. 1802
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (39.1 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. The Spoiled Child, Scene IV

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808, British
Date:: ca. 1802
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 1/8 inches (39.4 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808, British
Date:: ca. 1802
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Malvolio: Possibly a Self-Portrait in the Role

Creator:: John Boyne, ca. 1750–1810, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Black and gray wash with pen and black ink, scraping, graphite, and red pencil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 6 1/16 inches (22.7 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Peter Callam & Elvira

Creator:: J. Findlay, active 1825–1857
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card, with attached offset print
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 6 inches (8.9 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899, British
Date:: 1855
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 20 5/8 inches (33 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Portrait study of John Inigo Richards, R.A.

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810, British
Date:: ca. 1771
Medium:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 5 15/16 inches (14 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. The Spoiled Child, Scene V

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808, British
Date:: ca. 1802
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 5/8 inches (39.4 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Incantation Scene

Creator:: Henry Pierce Bone, 1779–1855, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 23 5/8 inches (50.2 × 60 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. View of the Bridge over Uduanulla, near Rahamahal, Bihar

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 × 19 3/4 inches (37.3 × 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Graphite with black ink and brown wash, verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan"

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776)
Date:: ca. 1798
Medium:: Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk, squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (31.4 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Classical Study with Numerous Nude Figures

Creator:: Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617, French, active in Britain
Date:: undated
Medium:: Blue wash and graphite with pen and blue ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 5 11/16 inches (7.9 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Classical Study of Three Figures

Creator:: Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617, French, active in Britain
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash and brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 4 1/8 inches (6.8 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. A Lecture on Gadding

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Etching, stipple engraving, and mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/16 x 15 1/16 inches (46.9 x 38.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. P. Monamy

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 1/4 inches (30.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Charles Christian Reisen

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1762
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 3/16 inches (30.5 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Charles Christian Reisen

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1762
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 11/16 inches (28 x 22 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Michael Rysbrack

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1734
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (35.2 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Enoch Seeman

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (30.2 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Enoch Seeman

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 15/16 inches (22.3 x 17.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Godfrey Schalcken

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches (29.9 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Peter Tillemans

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches (30.2 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Sir Godfrey Kneller

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1735
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/16 x 12 inches (45.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Sir Balthazar Gerbier

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Line engraving and stiplle engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 13/16 inches (29.5 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Study

Creator:: Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:: 1789-1790
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 2 11/16 inches (9.1 x 6.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Study

Creator:: Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:: 1789-1790
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/16 x 2 5/8 inches (7.7 x 6.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Haweswater, Westmoreland

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804, British
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30 x 44.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

YCBA Collections Search

Refine your search

Search Constraints

Credit Line Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Subject Terms gesture

Search Results

1. The Mountain Torrent

2. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

3. The Family of John, 2nd Duke of Montagu and an Attendant

4. Chateaux de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

5. Virgin and Child

6. An Unknown Man in Black

7. The Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram

8. John Michael Rysbrack Modelling His Terra-Cotta Statue of Hercules

9. Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth

10. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

11. Sir John Rushout, Bt.

12. John Eardley Wilmot

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

14. Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School

15. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

16. Diana at the Bath

17. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

18. The Death of the Hare

19. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

20. The Great Fire of London

21. Rochester

22. Kisler Aga, Chief of the Black Eunuchs and First Keeper of the Serraglio

23. Portrait of an Unknown Boy

24. Vegetable Seller, Covent Garden

25. William Weddell

26. Foxhunting Scene

27. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

28. The Browne Family

29. Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue in "Love for Love" by William Congreve

30. Sir Robert and Lady Smyth with Their Son, Hervey

31. Selling Guinea Pigs

32. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

33. Self-Portrait

34. The Severe Steward, or Unfortunate Tenant

35. Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave

36. Evening

37. Mrs. Barclay and Her Children

38. Mrs. Bentley

39. Paetus and Arria

40. An Unknown Man

41. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

42. Free West Indian Creoles in Elegant Dress

43. West Indian Man of Color, Directing Two Carib Women with a Child

44. Planter and his Wife, with a Servant

45. The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i

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

47. An Unknown Man

48. Admiral Lord Bridport

49. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

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

51. The Victualling Office, Plymouth

52. General Thomas Gage

53. The Countess of Effingham with Gun and Shooting Dogs

54. The Reverend Thomas Levett and Favourite Dogs, Cock-shooting

55. Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family

56. Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family

57. Partridge Shooting

58. Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

59. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

60. Learning to Walk

61. Château des Comtes de Flandre, Ghent

62. Night

63. The Damnation of Obadiah

64. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

65. A Modern Spread Eagle

66. Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

67. La Mancha

68. Gate Toward Bursit, Aix-la-Chappelle

69. The Long Minuet as Danced at Bath

70. Brighton Town and Church

71. Ascension of Madame Sage, Chevalier Biggin and Captain Vincent Lunardi in a Balloon, June 20, 1785

72. The Spoiled Child, Scene II

73. The Spoiled Child, Scene IV

74. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI