Exhibition History: Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) / Image Available: Available

1. 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

2. Elihu Yale with Members of his Family and an Enslaved Child

Creator:: Attributed to John Verelst, ca. 1675–1734, Dutch, active in Britain (by 1697)
Date:: ca. 1719
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 79 1/4 × 92 3/4 inches (201.3 × 235.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Cavendish, eleventh Duke of Devonshire

3. A Game of Quadrille

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Date:: ca. 1740
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012)

4. Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 93 x 56 inches (236.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. A Young Girl with an Enslaved Servant and a Dog

Creator:: Bartholomew Dandridge, baptized 1691–died in or after 1754, British
Date:: ca. 1725
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 x 48 inches (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787, British
Date:: between 1754 and 1756
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 x 37 7/8 inches (94 x 96.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. An Unknown Man, perhaps Charles Goring of Wiston (1744-1829), out Shooting with his Servant

Creator:: Unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1765
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 45 3/4 x 54 inches (116.2 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 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

9. Bust of a Man

Creator:: Francis Harwood, 1726/7–1783, British, active in Italy
Date:: ca. 1758
Medium:: Black limestone on a yellow marble socle
Dimensions:: Overall: 28 × 20 × 10 1/2 inches (71.1 × 50.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager

Creator:: Engraved by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Mezzotint and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 × 21 3/4 inches (44 × 55.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro

Creator:: Print made by W. Pyott, active late 18th century
Date:: 1792
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (48.9 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Woman Holding a Mask

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British
Date:: between 1795 and 1800
Medium:: Pastel on medium, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (33.7 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano

Creator:: Print made by Richard Cosway, 1742–1821, British
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 3/8 inches (32 × 39 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Exhibition of Royal Academy

Creator:: Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797, Italian
Date:: 1787
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (60.3 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Beauty's Tribute (Elizabeth Cooper)

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 13 11/16 × 10 3/16 inches (34.8 × 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1760s
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (62.2 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Portrait of a Young Man

Creator:: Attributed to Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (8.6 x 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Slave Trade

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 29 1/2 inches (55.9 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. African Hospitality

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 x 29 1/4in. (56.5 x 74.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1787

Creator:: Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797, Italian
Date:: 1787
Medium:: Engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 20 9/16 inches (36.9 × 52.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps : in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth : with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreable to modern history / by Herman Moll ...

Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps : in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth : with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreable to modern history / by Herman Moll ...

Creator:: Moll, Herman, -1732
Date:: [1763?]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([2], [124] leaves (some folded)) : 62 maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"

Date:: not before 1787
Physical Description:: 1 signet ring : gold with red stone (jasper?) ; face 28 x 21 mm, band 25 mm in diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan M. Yecies, Yale BA 1971

24. The Gentleman's magazine.

Date:: 1731-1907
Physical Description:: v. [plates (part col.) ports., maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...

Creator:: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

2. Elihu Yale with Members of his Family and an Enslaved Child

3. A Game of Quadrille

4. Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas

5. A Young Girl with an Enslaved Servant and a Dog

6. John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant

7. An Unknown Man, perhaps Charles Goring of Wiston (1744-1829), out Shooting with his Servant

8. Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family

9. Bust of a Man

10. A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager

11. The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro

12. Woman Holding a Mask

13. Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano

14. Exhibition of Royal Academy

15. Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant

16. Beauty's Tribute (Elizabeth Cooper)

17. Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant

18. Portrait of a Young Man

19. The Slave Trade

20. African Hospitality

21. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1787

22. Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps : in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth : with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreable to modern history / by Herman Moll ...

23. Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"

24. The Gentleman's magazine.

25. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...