Exhibition History: The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) / Subject Terms: conversation piece

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. Musical Conversation

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772, British
Date:: ca. 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 30 7/8 inches (66 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Preparing for the Hunt

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Date:: ca. 1745
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 x 49 inches (119.4 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Buckley-Boar Family

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: between 1758 and 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 3/4 x 43 1/2 inches (98.4 x 110.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776, British
Date:: between 1748 and 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 × 39 inches (104.1 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 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

7. One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance

Creator:: John Feary, ca. 1745–1788, British
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 x 48 inches (69.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. British Gentlemen in Rome

Creator:: Katharine Read, 1723–1778, British
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/4 × 53 inches (94.6 × 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. Family Group

Creator:: James Millar, ca.1735–1805, British
Date:: between 1774 and 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 × 40 1/2 inches (127 × 102.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Portrait of a Man and a Boy Looking at Prints

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Date:: between 1765 and 1770
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

12. Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

Creator:: Charles Philips, 1708–1747, British
Date:: 1730
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 49 3/4 inches (102.2 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Interior of the British Institution Gallery

Creator:: John Scarlett Davis, 1804–1845, British
Date:: 1829
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 x 56 inches (113 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery at Thirlestaine House

Creator:: Robert Huskisson, 1820–1861, British
Date:: between 1846 and 1847
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 x 42 3/4 inches (81.3 x 108.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti

Creator:: Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811, British
Date:: between 1759 and 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (72.4 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776, British
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 x 56 inches (111.8 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

Creator:: Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811, British
Date:: ca. 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 5/8 x 48 3/4 inches (98.1 x 123.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Jockey Frank Buckle, the Owner-Breeder John Wastell, his Trainer Robert Robson, and a Stable-lad

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835, British
Date:: 1802
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (46.4 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Self-Portrait with His Daughter Maria Theresa, James Cervetto, and Giacobbe Cervetto

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 76 x 64 3/4 inches (193 x 164.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Party Angling

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

Creator:: Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862, British
Date:: 1809
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

22. The Dilettanti Society

Creator:: Print made by William Say, 1768–1834, British
Date:: 1812
Medium:: Mezzotint (proof before letters) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/4 × 18 inches (61.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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Exhibition History The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)

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

2. Musical Conversation

3. Preparing for the Hunt

4. The Buckley-Boar Family

5. George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers

6. The Browne Family

7. One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance

8. British Gentlemen in Rome

9. The John Bacon Family

10. Family Group

11. Portrait of a Man and a Boy Looking at Prints

12. Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

13. The Interior of the British Institution Gallery

14. Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery at Thirlestaine House

15. Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti

16. Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist

17. James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

18. The Jockey Frank Buckle, the Owner-Breeder John Wastell, his Trainer Robert Robson, and a Stable-lad

19. Self-Portrait with His Daughter Maria Theresa, James Cervetto, and Giacobbe Cervetto

20. A Party Angling

21. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

22. The Dilettanti Society