Period: 18th century / Exhibition History: Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

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Exhibition History Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)

1. The Blacksmith's Shop

The Blacksmith's Shop

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

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

3. Peter Dollond

Creator:: John Hoppner, 1758–1810, British
Date:: 1775 to 1779
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 7/8 × 25 inches (75.9 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. George Graham, Clockmaker

George Graham, Clockmaker

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray-blue Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 3/16 inches (36.2 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Shellwork flower arrangement.

Shellwork flower arrangement.

Creator:: Dennis, Sarah, 1712-1761
Date:: circa 1730
Physical Description:: 1 shellwork flower arrangement : shell, silk, fish scales, wood, glass ; in cabinet 49 x 39 x 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Atlas minor, sive, Geographia compendiosa, qua orbis terrarum, per paucas attamen novissimas tabulas ostenditur.

No cover image available

Creator:: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
Date:: [approximately 1716?]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([2] pages, 95, 132 leaves of plates) : 227 maps ; 54 x 68 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts