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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. Work in Progress

Creator:: Stanley William Hayter, 1901–1988, British
Date:: 1936
Medium:: Oil and casein on panel
Dimensions:: 66 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches (169.5 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

11. Pamela Fry

Creator:: Duncan Grant, 1885–1978, British
Date:: 1911
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 29 9/16 inches (49.5 x 75.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. 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

13. 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

14. The Story of a Life

Creator:: Sir William Quiller Orchardson, 1832–1910, British
Date:: 1866
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 x 60 1/4 inches (94 x 153 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. 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

16. '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

17. 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

18. The Governess

Creator:: Emily Mary Osborn, 1828–1925, British
Date:: 1860
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (34.9 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. 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

20. The Beach

Creator:: Geoffrey Tibble, 1909–1952, British
Date:: 1949
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 18 inches (61 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. The Brahmin Committing his Daughter Coraly to the Care of Blandford

Creator:: Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797, Irish
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches (44.8 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift in Appreciation of Paul Mellon

29. 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

30. 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

31. The Deserter's Home

Creator:: Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888, British
Date:: 1847
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 40 1/4 inches (76.2 x 102.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Edward Pierce

Creator:: Isaac Fuller, 1606/20–1672, British
Date:: ca. 1670
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 × 40 inches (124.5 × 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. Margaret Callander and Her Son James Kearney

Creator:: Jean Laurent Mosnier, 1743/44–1808, French, active in Britain (1790–96)
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 99 3/4 x 66 inches (253.4 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson and Spink-Leger Pictures in honor of Brian & Katina Allen

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. The Education of Achilles

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: ca. 1772
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 3/4 inches (102.9 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/8 x 50 1/2 inches (104.5 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. 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

60. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

Creator:: Charles Hunt, 1803–1877, British
Date:: 1863
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

Creator:: Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775, Irish
Date:: 1767 to 1769
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches (59.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. The Calmady Children

Creator:: Edward William Wyon, 1811–1885, British
Date:: 1848
Medium:: Copper electrotype
Dimensions:: Overall: 10 3/4 inches (27.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson Ltd.

74. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: 1837
Medium:: Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. 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

76. 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

77. Major Thomas Pearson and the Brahman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (20 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, Yale BA 1938, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

78. Major Thomas Pearson and the Brahman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (20 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, Yale BA 1938

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897, British
Date:: 1863
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, red ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 29 3/4 inches (48.9 × 75.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897, British
Date:: 1871
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. Hecate

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819, British
Date:: 1815
Medium:: Graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 inches (21.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. 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

99. 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

100. The Royal Sport, Pit Ticket

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/8 x 6 11/16 inches (13 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone

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1. The Mountain Torrent

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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

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23. The Death of the Hare

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29. Portrait of an Unknown Boy

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31. The Deserter's Home

32. Edward Pierce

33. William Weddell

34. Foxhunting Scene

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

36. Margaret Callander and Her Son James Kearney

37. The Browne Family

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

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

40. Selling Guinea Pigs

41. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

42. Self-Portrait

43. The Severe Steward, or Unfortunate Tenant

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

45. Evening

46. Mrs. Barclay and Her Children

47. Mrs. Bentley

48. The Education of Achilles

49. Paetus and Arria

50. An Unknown Man

51. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

52. Free West Indian Creoles in Elegant Dress

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

54. Planter and his Wife, with a Servant

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

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

57. An Unknown Man

58. Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

59. Admiral Lord Bridport

60. Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

61. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

62. The Seven Ages of Man: The Pantaloon, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

63. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

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

65. The Victualling Office, Plymouth

66. General Thomas Gage

67. The Countess of Effingham with Gun and Shooting Dogs

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

69. Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family

70. Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family

71. Partridge Shooting

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

73. The Calmady Children

74. Oberon and Titania

75. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven