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Paintings and Sculpture
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Prints and Drawings
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Creator
Boitard, Louis Philippe, active 1734–1760
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Boydell, John, 1720–1804
1
Brooking, Charles, 1723–1759
1
Carter, John, 1748–1817
1
Heckel, Augustin, 1690–1770
1
Nebot, Balthazar, active 1730–1762
1
Nickolls, Joseph, active 1713–ca. 1755
1
Robins, Thomas the elder, 1715–1770
1
Unknown artist
1
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1796
338
1814
156
1800
131
1785
113
1960
109
1834
107
1827
102
1795
94
1980
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2002
90
1995
89
1825
87
1830
87
1791
86
1810
85
2000
81
1790
80
1990
80
1835
78
1985
77
1999
77
2003
77
2010
77
1997
76
1831
75
2011
75
2004
74
1996
73
2012
73
1818
72
1833
72
1994
72
1998
72
1977
71
1978
71
1979
70
2008
70
1829
69
1976
69
1984
69
1981
68
2001
68
1820
67
2006
66
1815
65
1983
65
1988
65
1799
64
1987
64
1982
63
1991
62
1806
61
1812
61
1832
61
1986
61
2007
61
1805
60
1992
60
1993
58
1793
57
2009
56
1823
54
1836
53
1989
53
1797
52
1842
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1811
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1817
51
1970
51
1772
50
1792
50
2005
50
1807
49
1798
48
1974
48
1775
47
1804
47
1808
47
1973
47
1845
46
1975
45
1828
44
1794
43
1819
43
1859
43
1824
42
1968
42
1813
40
1840
40
1912
40
1965
40
2013
40
2015
40
2016
40
2017
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2018
40
1822
39
1963
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1972
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1850
38
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
4
Not on view
4
Image Use
Free to Use
8
Image Available
Available
7
Unavailable
1
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
4
Paintings
3
Prints
1
Creator Gender
male
7
unknown
1
Period
18th century
7
18th century-19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
graphite
3
painting (technique)
3
canvas
2
laid paper
2
oil paint
2
wove paper
2
black ink
1
brown ink
1
brown wash
1
etching (printing process)
1
hand coloring
1
opaque watercolor
1
pen
1
vellum (skin)
1
watercolor
1
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Work Type
painting
4
drawing
3
intaglio print
1
watercolor
1
Genre
architectural subject
5
genre subject
2
landscape
2
cityscape
1
historical subject
1
marine art
1
Subject Terms
architectural subject
5
men
4
boats
3
river
3
buildings
2
clouds
2
costume
2
country house
2
genre subject
2
horses (animals)
2
houses
2
landscape
2
leisure
2
marine art
2
rowboats
2
ships
2
trees
2
walls
2
women
2
animals
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Associated Places
England
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United Kingdom
7
Europe
4
City of Westminster
3
Greater London
3
London
3
Thames
2
Aysgarth
1
Churchdown
1
English Channel
1
Erith
1
Gloucestershire
1
North Yorkshire
1
Palace of Westminster
1
St. Bartholomew's Church
1
Twickenham
1
Ure
1
Yorkshire
1
Associated People
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), poet
1
Stanhope, William, first earl of Harrington (1683?–1756), diplomatist and politician
1
Exhibition History
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
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
1
English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
1
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19)
1
Inventing Old Virginia : The Decline and Rise of a Pastoral Ideal (Virginia Historical Society, 2003-02-22 - 2003-06-15)
1
Mrs Delany & Her Circle (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-09-24 - 2010-01-03)
1
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
1
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
1
The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26)
1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
1
The World of Alexander Pope (Yale Center for British Art, 1988-04-08 - 1988-05-29)
1
View of Pope's Villa (Kenwood House, 1980-07-19 - 1980-09-28)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Shipping in the English Channel
ca. 1755
Not on view
2
Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Pope's Villa, Twickenham
ca. 1755
Not on view
3
Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire
between 1750 and 1762
Not on view
4
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
5
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly
1750
6
Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Door-way in Wall of South Precints of Westminster Abbey
undated
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Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames
1750
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unknown artist
Gateway Leading into Dean's Yard
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