Materials & Techniques: canvas / Exhibition History: In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) / Work Type: painting

1. May 1955 (Gwithian)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1955
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches (106 x 106 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

2. The Horse Mart

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1917 to 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 × 28 inches (50.8 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

3. "Quiet with all Road Nuisances"

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/8 x 24 1/4 inches (48.6 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

4. Hampstead Heath Looking Towards Harrow

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches (26.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

5. Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 5/8 x 12 5/8 inches (27 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

6. Mary Freer

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

7. Cloud Study

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 20 inches (30.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

8. Stratford Mill

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1819 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 1/2 × 72 1/2 inches (130.8 × 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

9. Harnham Gate, Salisbury

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: between 1820 and 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

10. Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 29 1/4 inches (63.5 × 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

11. Lustre, held by a Groom

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 3/4 inches (118.1 × 144.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

12. A Lion Attacking a Stag

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

13. Horse Frightened by a Lion

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1762 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 41 inches (70.5 × 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

14. Ann Hogarth

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (46.7 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

15. Mary Hogarth

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (46.7 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

16. The Montagu Family and an Unknown Attendant

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: On view

17. Miss Wood

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 × 15 inches (45.7 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

18. Landscape with Goatherd

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: ca. 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (26.7 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: On view

19. Between Olavano and Civitella

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 3/8 × 14 1/2 inches (26.4 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: On view

20. Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 1/8 x 72 inches (119.7 x 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: On view

21. The Island of Barbados

Creator:: Attributed to Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:: ca. 1694
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 x 91 inches (113 x 231.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

22. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 × 37 1/4 inches (66.7 × 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

23. Winifred Augusta Frank (née Doherty)

Creator:: Sir Stanley Spencer, 1891–1959
Date:: 1951
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (90.2 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

24. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 71 inches (101.6 x 180.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Attributed to John Verelst, ca. 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1719
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: On view

26. Interior of an Academy: The Critics

Creator:: William Stewart, active 1847–1856
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 x 24 1/2 inches (81.3 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

27. Scarlet Macaw, Yellow-naped Amazon, Eurasian Bullfinch, Blue Tit, Eurasian Jay, and Red Squirrel with Fruit

Creator:: Tobias Stranover, 1684–after 1735
Date:: between 1710 and 1724
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: On view

28. Captain John MacBride

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart, 1755–1828
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (74.9 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

29. John Phillippo Nighorus

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

30. An Unknown Woman

Creator:: Francesco Renaldi, 1755–1800
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 × 27 1/2 inches (57.2 × 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

31. Mary Robinson (née Darby)

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 7/8 × 28 1/4 inches (93.7 × 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

32. Rehearsal of an opera

Creator:: Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:: ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 x 22 inches (48.3 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

33. The Colosseum

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 × 20 1/4 inches (39.1 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

34. Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 × 20 1/4 inches (39.1 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

35. The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

Creator:: Henry Singleton, 1766–1839
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 × 21 inches (43.2 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

36. Cavern, near Naples

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Pamela Askew
On View:: Not on view

37. Rehearsal of an opera

Creator:: Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:: ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 × 22 3/4 inches (46.4 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

38. Lord Rivers's Stud Farm, Stratfield Saye

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 60 × 84 inches (152.4 × 213.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

39. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 × 37 1/4 inches (66.7 × 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

40. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 × 45 1/2 inches (139.7 × 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

41. Captain William Locker

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 × 12 inches (36.8 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

42. Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 × 18 inches (31.8 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

43. Study of Birds

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 × 20 inches (27.9 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

44. A Man, possibly David Harvey

Creator:: Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 5/16 × 22 7/8 inches (74.5 × 58.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. Elizabeth Bateson (née Harvey)

Creator:: Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 5/16 x 22 7/8 inches (74.5 x 58.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. Interior of the British Institution (Old Master Exhibition, Summer 1832)

Creator:: Alfred Joseph Woolmer, 1805–1892
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches (71.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

47. Lamprey at Newmarket, with a Group of Figures Including Sir William Morgan and Girolamo Bardoletti

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 × 49 1/2 inches (104.1 × 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

48. Portrait of a Man, Known as the "Indian Captain"

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 90 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches (229.2 x 138.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

49. King's Parade, Cambridge

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/2 x 50 inches (95.3 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

50. Study of a Head

Creator:: Francis Bacon, 1909–1992
Date:: 1952
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (49.5 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Beekman C. and Margaret H. Cannon
On View:: On view