On-site Access: Not on view / Subject Terms: historical subject

1. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Letitia Anne Sage (née Hoare), in a Balloon

Creator:: John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

2. 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 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/8 x 67 1/16 inches (127.3 x 170.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Last of the Mail Coaches at Newcastle upon Tyne

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 27 inches (45.7 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1670
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 53 × 43 5/8 inches (134.6 × 110.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (26.7 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Life of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. 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

10. The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. The Death of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1590
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 45 × 71 3/4 inches (114.3 × 182.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 17 inches (26.7 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: 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
On View:: Not on view

15. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

Creator:: Francis Smith, active 1763–1780
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches (49.8 x 67.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Departure of the Bucintoro

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 69 inches (132.1 x 175.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
On View:: Not on view

17. 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

18. Pompeii, A.D. 79

Creator:: Alfred Elmore, 1815–1881
Date:: 1878
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 Fund
On View:: Not on view

19. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. The Camden Town Murder, or What Shall We Do for the Rent?

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: ca. 1908
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/16 × 14 inches (25.6 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Mixed media on paper
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (49.5 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

22. Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 9 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

23. The Death of Chatham

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (71.4 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Professor Jules David Prown
On View:: Not on view