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Prints and Drawings
89
Paintings and Sculpture
14
Rare Books and Manuscripts
1
Creator
Unknown artist
27
Major, Thomas, 1714–1799
12
Chatelain, Jean Baptist Claude, 1710–1771
9
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
8
Roberts, James, 1725–1799
8
Eckstein, John, 1735–1818
5
Yenn, John, 1750–1821
5
Bowles, John, 1701–1779
4
Simon, John, 1675–1751
4
Verelst, John, ca. 1675–1734
4
Vertue, George, 1684–1756
4
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
3
Maurer, John, active 1713–1761
3
Meyer, Jeremiah, 1735–1789
3
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792
2
Bowles, Thomas, ca. 1712–1767
2
Brooking, Charles, 1723–1759
2
Canaletto, 1697–1768
2
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
2
Hayman, Francis, 1707/8–1776
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1780
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1752
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1767
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1787
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1783
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1768
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1739
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1788
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1758
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1784
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136
1778
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1763
133
1771
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1742
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1786
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1765
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1777
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1740
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1730
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1750
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1779
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1753
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1781
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1762
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1760
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1764
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1773
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1717
77
1751
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1769
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1715
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1735
72
1705
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1761
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1736
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1774
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1748
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1749
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1731
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1738
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1757
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1732
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1712
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1737
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1756
44
1725
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1759
40
1766
40
1744
35
1746
35
1743
33
1728
32
1747
30
1729
28
1734
24
1710
22
1741
19
1723
18
1701
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1733
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1709
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1727
14
1690
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1721
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1702
5
1704
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1703
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1706
4
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
90
Not on view
14
Image Use
Free to Use
103
Under Certain Circumstances
1
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Available
83
Unavailable
21
Classification
Prints
63
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
12
Paintings
12
Drawings & Watercolors
11
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
4
Archives & Manuscripts
1
Sculptures
1
Creator Gender
male
95
unknown
28
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
4
English History Delineated
1
Period
18th century
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19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
26
graphite
17
mezzotint
14
painting (technique)
12
pen
12
brown ink
10
canvas
10
oil paint
10
black ink
9
gray wash
9
line engraving
5
wash
5
watercolor
5
gouache
3
ivory
3
wove paper
3
black chalk
2
brown wash
2
hand coloring
2
vellum (skin)
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drawing
21
intaglio print
18
painting
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watercolor
10
miniature
4
correspondence
1
diarie
1
diplomat
1
drawings (visual works)
1
map
1
medallion
1
notebook
1
sculpture
1
Genre
portrait
23
architectural subject
19
landscape
12
genre subject
4
cityscape
2
historical subject
2
marine art
2
sporting art
2
figure study
1
literary theme
1
military art
1
religious and mythological subject
1
Subject Terms
architectural subject
18
portrait
16
landscape
11
men
8
costume
7
river
7
trees
7
design
5
hills
5
monument
5
boats
4
genre subject
4
horses (animals)
4
man
4
women
4
Grand Tour
3
buildings
3
clouds
3
dogs (animals)
3
leisure
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19th century
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Associated Places
England
7
Europe
6
United Kingdom
6
Italy
4
Greater London
3
Campania
2
City of Westminster
2
London
2
Thames
2
Africa, North
1
Aniene
1
Aysgarth
1
Blue Nile River Valley (Ethiopia and Sudan)
1
Campagna
1
Churchdown
1
English Channel
1
Eolie, Isole
1
Erith
1
Ethiopia
1
Gloucestershire
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Associated People
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), poet
2
Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre, 1737–1771
1
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
1
Cibber [née Arne], Susannah Maria (1714–1766), actress and singer
1
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
1
Hill, Anna Barbara, daughter and heir of Thomas Medlycote of Cottingham, Northamptonshire, wife of George Hill
1
Hill, George (ca. 1716–1808), lawyer and eccentric
1
Madonna
1
Sandby, Paul (bap. 1731, d. 1809), painter and engraver
1
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
1
Smith, Francis (bap. 1672 - d. 1738), architect and builder
1
Stanhope, William, first earl of Harrington (1683?–1756), diplomatist and politician
1
Tyers, Jonathan (1702–1767), pleasure garden proprietor
1
Wood (née Tyers), Elizabeth (1727–1802), married John Wood of Abchurch Lane
1
Wood, John, of Abchurch Lane
1
Exhibition History
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
4
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
3
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
3
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
2
English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
2
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19)
2
No More Fog at the Channel - Holbein to Hockney - 500 Years of British Art (Fundación Juan March, 2012-10-05 - 2013-01-20)
2
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
2
The World of Alexander Pope (Yale Center for British Art, 1988-04-08 - 1988-05-29)
2
America Pictured to the Life: Illustrated Works from the Paul Mellon Bequest (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 2002-05-03 - 2002-07-17)
1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26)
1
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
1
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
1
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)
1
Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment (Harvard Art Museums, 2022-09-15 - 2023-01-16)
1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
1
Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30)
1
Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31)
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Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
A View of Tivoli
between 1750 and 1754
Not on view
2
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Major John Dade of Tannington, Suffolk
ca. 1755
Not on view
3
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
A Couple, Traditionally Identified as Mr. and Mrs. Hill
between 1750 and 1751
Not on view
4
James Seymour, 1702–1752
The Chaise Match Run on Newmarket Heath on Wednesday the 29th of August, 1750
1750
Not on view
5
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Shipping in the English Channel
ca. 1755
Not on view
6
Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Pope's Villa, Twickenham
ca. 1755
Not on view
7
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Landscape with Stream and Weir
between 1750 and 1753
Not on view
8
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Susannah Maria Cibber (née Arne) as Cordelia
ca. 1755
Not on view
9
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore
ca. 1755
Not on view
10
Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire
between 1750 and 1762
Not on view
11
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Jonathan Tyers, with His Daughter Elizabeth, and Her Husband John Wood
between 1750 and 1752
Not on view
12
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Lovers in a glade
between 1750 and 1755
Not on view
13
Attributed to Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Alexander Pope
ca. 1755
Not on view
14
Thomas Robins the elder, 1715–1770
View of a Gloucestershire Country House: A Garden View, with Picnic Party in Center Foreground
ca. 1755
Not on view
15
John Maurer, active 1713–1761
The Mansion House
1750
16
Attributed to office of Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Design for a Door-knocker
undated
17
Jeremiah Meyer, 1735–1789
Portrait of an Unknown Lady
undated
18
unknown artist
Head of a Boy
between 1750 and 1760
19
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Study of Figures for "A View of the Campagna"
ca. 1755
20
William Taverner, 1703–1772
Rural Landscape
between 1750 and 1755
21
Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Portrait of a Lady
1750
22
Jeremiah Meyer, 1735–1789
Portrait of a Lady
undated
23
Jeremiah Meyer, 1735–1789
Portrait of a Young Man
undated
24
Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758
Francis Smith, Architect
ca. 1755
25
George Vertue, 1684–1756
'At the High Court of Justice for the trying and inditing of Charles Steuart King of England January Anno Dom. 1648'
1750
26
James Roberts the Elder, 1725–1799
The North East View of Camberwell Church
1750
27
James Roberts the Elder, 1725–1799
South West View of Battersea Church
1750
28
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly
1750
29
Attributed to Francis Cotes, 1726–1770
An Artist Sketching, possibly Paul Sandby
ca. 1755
30
Print made by John Simon, 1675–1751
Portraits of Four Indian Kings of Canada: Etow Oh Koam, King of the River Nation
ca. 1755
31
Print made by John Simon, 1675–1751
Portraits of Four Indian Kings of Canada: Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of the Generethgarich
ca. 1755
32
Print made by John Simon, 1675–1751
Portraits of Four Indian Kings of Canada: Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row, Emperour of the Six Nations
ca. 1755
33
Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Door-way in Wall of South Precints of Westminster Abbey
undated
34
Print made by John Simon, 1675–1751
Portraits of Four Indian Kings of Canada: Sa Ga Yeath Pieth Tow, King of the Maquas
ca. 1755
35
Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
Louis Laguerre, Bernard Lens and Charles Jervas
Between 1750 and 1775
36
Thomas Trotter, ca. 1750–1803
George Jameson
undated
37
James Roberts the Elder, 1725–1799
The North West View of Hackney Church
1750
38
James Roberts the Elder, 1725–1799
The South East View of Hackney Church
1750
39
unknown artist
North West View of the Old Church of St. Mary, Islington
1750
40
James Roberts the Elder, 1725–1799
The South View of Kensington
1750
41
unknown artist
North East View of the Old Church of St. Mary, Islington
1750
42
James Roberts the Elder, 1725–1799
The South East View of Kensington Church
1750
43
John Boydell, 1720–1804
A View of Hammersmith looking down the Thames
1750
44
James Roberts the Elder, 1725–1799
East View of Wandsworth
1750
45
James Roberts the Elder, 1725–1799
The South West View of Isleworth Church
1750
46
Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
A View of the New Bridge Over the Thames at Walton in Surrey
1750
47
Thomas Robins the elder, 1715–1770
View of Gloucestershire Country House
ca. 1755
48
Print made by Andreas van der Myn, born 1714
Miss Anna Maria Falkner
between 1750 and 1768
49
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Nancy Dawson
between 1750 and 1767
50
Print made by unknown artist
Mrs. J. Gomeldon
between 1750 and 1800
51
unknown artist
John Hawkesworth
ca.1755
52
George Vertue, 1684–1756
King Edward VI presenting the Charter for Bridewell to Sir George Barnes
1750
53
George Vertue, 1684–1756
George Vertue of London, Engraver, 1750
1750
54
Attributed to Thomas Cook, 1744–1818
Plan of Lambeth Palace
1750
55
Print made by James Smith, active 1733–1759
A View of St. James's Park taken near the Stable Yard
1750
56
John S. Muller, ca. 1715–1792
This View of the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield's House near Hyde Park
1750
57
Print made by unknown artist
Miss White, Clear Starcher to the Queen
between 1750 and 1800
58
unknown artist
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
ca.1755
59
John Boydell, 1720–1804
A View of Blackwall looking towards Greenwich
1750
60
John S. Muller, ca. 1715–1792
A View from Somerset Gardens to Westminster Bridge
1750
61
John Boydell, 1720–1804
A View of Blackwall looking towards Greenwich
1750
62
John Boydell, 1720–1804
A View of Woolwich
1750
63
Thomas Bowles III, ca. 1712–1767
The South East Prospect of Westminster
1750
64
Thomas Major, 1714–1799
Marine Society's Certificate for a Boy Fifer
c.1750
65
unknown artist
A View of the Savoy from the River Thames
1750
66
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Prince Charles, 2nd Duke of Richmond, Lenox and Aubigny
1750
67
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Stromboli
1750
68
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames
1750
69
John Boydell, 1720–1804
St. Stephen's, Walbrook
1750
70
John Boydell, 1720–1804
St. Stephen's, Walbrook
1750
71
John Boydell, 1720–1804
The Temple Church
1750
72
Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
A View of Fulham Bridge and Putney
1750
73
Print made by unknown artist
Mrs Grosvenor Laundry Woman to the Queen
between 1750 and 1800
74
J. Fougeron, active 1761
A View of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Burlington's House at Chiswick, and part of the Town
1750
75
Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Drawing from the Madonna del Popolo, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
between 1750 and 1755
76
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Tree and Distant Hills
between 1750 and 1755
77
John Eckstein, 1735–1818
Design for Funerary Monument
undated
78
John Eckstein, 1735–1818
Design for Funerary Monument
undated
79
John Eckstein, 1735–1818
Design for Funerary Monument
undated
80
John Eckstein, 1735–1818
Design for Funerary Monument
undated
81
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Landscape with Mountain and Lake
1750s
82
John Eckstein, 1735–1818
Design for Funerary Monument
undated
83
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
River and Mountain, with Ruins
between 1750 and 1759
84
unknown artist
Design for a Lamp
undated
85
unknown artist
Design for a Clock Case
undated
86
unknown artist
Design for a Lamp
undated
87
unknown artist
Design for a Tripod and Design for Entablature of the Upper Range of Windows in the Hall
undated
88
Francois Vivares, 1709–1780
Eight Engravings of Ruins. London, 1750
1750
89
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
93 Etchings of Landscape and Genre Scenes
1750-1752
90
Print made by Thomas Major, 1714–1799
The Jealous Husband
1750
91
Print made by Thomas Major, 1714–1799
The Chymist
1750
92
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Hannah Snell
1750
93
Print made by Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
History of England, Subscription Receipt
1750
94
Thomas Major, 1714–1799
A Landscape
1750
95
M. Morin, active 1750
A View of the Port of Bethune, 1750
1750
96
Thomas Major, 1714–1799
The Mansion House, 1750
1750
97
Thomas Major, 1714–1799
Another View of the River Thames from Chelsea, 1750
1750
98
Thomas Major, 1714–1799
A View of the River Thames from Chelsea, 1750
1750
99
Thomas Major, 1714–1799
A View of Hampstead Road near Tomkin's House, 1750
1750
100
Thomas Major, 1714–1799
A View of the River Thames form the end of Chelsea
1750
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