On-site Access: Not on view / Subject Terms: gesture / Classification: Paintings

1. The Mountain Torrent

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

2. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

3. 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:: Not on view

4. Chateaux de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: exhibited 1803
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

5. Virgin and Child

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1810 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

6. General Thomas Gage

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

8. Catherine Howard (née Proctor), Countess of Effingham with Gun and Shooting Dogs

Creator:: George Haugh, 1756–1827
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

9. Robert Gwillym, Elizabeth Gwillym (née Atherton), and Their Family

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1745 to 1747
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. An Unknown Man

Creator:: George Beare, 1724/5–1749
Date:: 1746
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

11. The Education of Achilles

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

12. Paetus and Arria

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

13. Sir Robert Smyth and Louisa Caroline Isabella Smyth (née Hervey), Lady Smyth with Their Son, Hervey

Creator:: Attributed to Andrea Soldi, 1703–1771
Date:: between 1738 and 1739
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

14. An Unknown Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

15. Mrs. Barclay and Her Children

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: between 1776 and 1777
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

16. The Browne Family

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

17. Mrs. Bentley

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

18. Free West Indian Creoles in Elegant Dress

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

19. Evening

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

20. 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
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

21. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Miss Prue in William Congreve’s “Love for Love”

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

23. Planter and his Wife, with a Servant

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

26. Margaret Callander (née Romer), Lady Callander, and Her Son James Kearney

Creator:: Jean Laurent Mosnier, 1743/44–1808
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

27. The Severe Steward, or Unfortunate Tenant

Creator:: William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:: between 1800 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

28. Selling Guinea Pigs

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1789
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

29. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: Summer 1846 to March 1847
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

32. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

33. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

34. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: early 1760s
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

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

Creator:: Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775
Date:: 1767 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

39. The Governess

Creator:: Emily Mary Osborn, 1828–1925
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

40. Unknown Boy

Creator:: Willem Wissing, ca. 1656–1687
Date:: ca. 1685
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

41. Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

42. Pamela Fry

Creator:: Duncan Grant, 1885–1978
Date:: 1911
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

43. Edward Pierce

Creator:: Isaac Fuller, ca. 1620–1672
Date:: ca. 1670
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

44. The Deserter's Home

Creator:: Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

45. The Beach

Creator:: Geoffrey Tibble, 1909–1952
Date:: 1949
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view