On-site Access: Not on view / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: science

1. Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon Rocks

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797, British
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 × 72 inches (127 × 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Sir Theodore Colladon

Creator:: Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723, German, active in Britain (from 1676)
Date:: ca. 1705
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

3. Corfe Castle, Dorset

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810, British
Date:: 1764
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/8 x 18 inches (33.3 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. Parrots and Fruit with Other Birds and a Squirrel

Creator:: Tobias Stranover, 1684–after 1735, German, active in Britain
Date:: between 1710 and 1724
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 x 62 1/2 inches (113 x 158.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A View of Tivoli

Creator:: Thomas Patch, 1725–1782, British
Date:: between 1750 and 1754
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/8 x 45 5/8 inches (81.6 x 115.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Sense of Smell

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
Date:: 1744 to 1747
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Girl with a Bouquet of Flowers

Creator:: Henry Walton, 1746–1813, British
Date:: ca. 1772
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (23.5 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775, British
Date:: ca. 1764
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the distance

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: between 1770 and 1775
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches (44.5 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Dr. Charles Chauncey, M.D.

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776, British
Date:: 1747
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 17 inches (63.5 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. English Ships Running before a Gale

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Date:: before 1759
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1789)
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 33 inches (67.3 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Thomas Newenham

Creator:: Attributed to Edward Haytley, active 1740–1761, British
Date:: ca. 1749
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (49.5 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Poppies and Tradascanthus

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1800
Medium:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire

Creator:: Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762, Spanish, active in Britain (from 1729)
Date:: between 1750 and 1762
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 44 inches (76.2 x 111.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

Creator:: Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)
Date:: 1755
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 84 x 82 inches (213.4 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784, Irish
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 7/8 x 38 1/4 inches (73.3 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Date:: between 1747 and 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 inches (36.8 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Coach in a Thunderstorm

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Oil on millboard (attached to stretcher); verso: oil sketch
Dimensions:: 16 3/4 x 24 inches (42.5 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 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

24. Otley Bridge on the River Wharfe

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797, British
Date:: ca. 1783
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 15/16 x 43 15/16 inches (60.8 x 111.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Vesuvius from Posillipo

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Date:: ca. 1788
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 25 x 33 inches (63.5 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British
Date:: ca. 1799
Medium:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon Rocks

2. Sir Theodore Colladon

3. Corfe Castle, Dorset

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

5. Parrots and Fruit with Other Birds and a Squirrel

6. A View of Tivoli

7. The Sense of Smell

8. Girl with a Bouquet of Flowers

9. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

10. The Fishery

11. Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the distance

12. Dr. Charles Chauncey, M.D.

13. English Ships Running before a Gale

14. Chepstow Castle

15. Thomas Newenham

16. Poppies and Tradascanthus

17. The John Bacon Family

18. Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire

19. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

20. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

21. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

22. Coach in a Thunderstorm

23. The Rainbow

24. Otley Bridge on the River Wharfe

25. Vesuvius from Posillipo

26. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

27. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe