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Prints and Drawings
84
Paintings and Sculpture
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Unknown artist
15
Dance, George, 1741–1825
12
Chelsum, James, 1738–1801
8
Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775
8
Smart, John, 1741–1811
8
Barry, James, 1741–1806
6
Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741–1807
6
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
6
Cole, Benjamin, 1697–1783
5
McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
5
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
4
Spencer, Thomas, 1700–1753
4
Brooking, Charles, 1723–1759
2
Canot, Pierre Charles, ca. 1710–1777
2
Gravelot, Hubert-François, 1699–1773
2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
2
Raphael,, Italian, 1483–1520
2
Rijn, Rembrandt van, 1606–1669
2
Seymour, James, 1702–1752
2
Bacon, John, 1740–1799
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2000
143
On-site Access
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84
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85
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Drawings & Watercolors
42
Prints
39
Paintings
3
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
2
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
1
Creator Gender
male
78
unknown
15
female
6
Collective Title
Twelve Portraits of Race Horses
6
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
4
The Invasion
2
William Maitland, History of London from its Foundation to the Present Time
2
Geometrical Plan of His Majesty's Dockyard
1
History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time
1
Period
18th century
50
18th century-19th century
37
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
51
graphite
34
watercolor
16
mezzotint
13
pen
13
gray wash
12
wove paper
12
black ink
11
brown ink
10
brown wash
7
etching (printing process)
6
black chalk
5
gray ink
5
gouache
4
canvas
3
line engraving
3
oil paint
3
painting (technique)
3
white chalk
3
ivory
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drawing
43
watercolor
24
intaglio print
23
painting
3
miniature
2
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portrait
27
figure study
12
genre subject
12
animal art
9
sporting art
7
religious and mythological subject
6
architectural subject
4
landscape
4
marine art
3
cityscape
2
cartographic material
1
historical subject
1
military art
1
Subject Terms
portrait
25
man
12
genre subject
11
men
10
animal art
9
figure study
9
woman
7
religious and mythological subject
6
architectural subject
4
buildings
4
hat
4
landscape
4
wig
4
women
4
boats
3
caricature
3
column (architectural element)
3
female
3
hairstyles
3
head
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England
4
United Kingdom
4
Rome
2
Avon
1
Barnes
1
Bridgnorth
1
Bristol
1
Devon
1
Greater London
1
Hamoaze
1
Italy
1
Kew
1
London
1
Merchant Taylors' School
1
Northwood
1
Plymouth
1
Richmond
1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1
Severn
1
Shropshire
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Associated People
Kauffmann, Angelica (1741–1807), history and portrait painter
2
Saint Sebastian (d. ca. 288), Christian saint and martyr
2
Ashton, Thomas (1767–1775), cleric
1
Dodington, George Bubb, Baron Melcombe (1690/91–1762), politician and diarist
1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
1
John the Baptist (c. 6 BC–c. AD 36)
1
Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), author and lexicographer
1
Pinfold, Charles (1709–1778) Governor of Barbados (1756–1766)
1
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), Dutch painter, draftsman, and printmaker
1
Robinson, Thomas, first Baron Grantham (1695–1770), diplomatist and politician
1
St. Joseph
1
Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
1
The Virgin Mary
1
Wigram, William Pitt (1806–1870), Reverend
1
Wingram, Eleanor [nee Watts] (1767–1841)
1
Exhibition History
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
2
Rembrandt in Eighteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-10-19 - 1983-12-30)
2
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
2
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)
1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)
1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)
1
English Romanticism (Center Gallery, Bucknell University, 1990-02-24 - 1990-04-08)
1
Füseli and the Power of Dreams (Musée Jacquemart-André, 2022-09-16 - 2023-01-23)
1
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
1
Gothic Nightmares - Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination (Tate Britain, 2006-02-15 - 2006-05-01)
1
Goya and Italy (Museum of Zaragoza, 2008-05-26 - 2008-09-15)
1
Henry Fuseli (Tokyo) (Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, 1984-01-06 - 1984-02-04)
1
Henry Fuseli (Tokyo) (The National Museum of Western Art, 1983-11-11 - 1983-12-18)
1
James Barry - Tate (Tate Britain, 1983-02-09 - 1983-03-20)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
76
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
4
Yale Center for British Art
3
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman W. Liebert
1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River
between 1756 and 1759
Not on view
2
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
The Mandrake: A Charm
exhibited RA 1785
Not on view
3
Thomas Hudson, 1707–1779
Charles Pinfold
1756
Not on view
4
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
The Invasion, Plate II: England
1756
5
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
The Invasion, Plate I: France
1756
6
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Catherine Chambers (née Moore)
1756
7
Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Mary Duchess of Ancaster
1756
8
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Elizabeth Montagu
1756
9
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Night
1756
10
Benjamin Cole, 1697–1783
Designs for Blackfriars Bridge
1756
11
unknown artist
The Foundling Hospital, London
1756
12
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Thomas Ashton D.D
1756
13
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Study for the Portrait of William Guise
ca. 1761
14
James Barry, 1741–1806
Male with Arms Spread Wide Seen from Behind
undated
15
James Barry, 1741–1806
Rome, A View of the Arch of Constantine with Other Ruins
undated
16
John Alexander Gresse, 1741–1794
A Town Seen From the Banks of a River
undated
17
Attributed to Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Portrait of a Lady
undated
18
attributed to Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Scene in a Roman Prison
undated
19
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Self-Portrait
undated
20
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Self Portrait
undated
21
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
A Frieze: Men Planting Trees, Women Gathering Blossoms and Watering Flowers
undated
22
John Smart, 1741–1811
A Porcupine Fish
undated
23
George Dance, 1741–1825
Portrait of a Fat Man, Head and Shoulders
undated
24
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Caricature of George Bubb Dodington and Sir Thomas Robinson
ca. 1761
25
Print made by Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
A View from Durdham-Down near Bristol looking down the Avon
1756
26
Pierre-Etienne Falconet, 1741–1791
George Stubbs
undated
27
James Barry, 1741–1806
Study for Saint Sebastian
undated
28
unknown artist
Four Figures on a Sheet
undated
29
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Catherine Chambers
1756
30
Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Mary Duchess of Ancaster
1756
31
Benjamin Cole, 1697–1783
Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within
1756
32
Print made by Benjamin Cole, 1697–1783
Bishopsgate Ward Within and Without, According to a New Survey
1756
33
Benjamin Cole, 1697–1783
Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward
1756
34
Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Sacra Christi Familia
undated
35
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Portrait of a Young Lady
undated
36
Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Britannia in Distress
1756
37
Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Near Plymouth with the Ordinance Wharfe..
1756
38
John Smart, 1741–1811
Portrait of a Young Man
undated
39
George Dance, 1741–1825
A Fist Fight, With the Prince Regent Among the Spectators
undated
40
Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
St. Sebastian
undated
41
John Bacon, 1740–1799
Allegorical female figure: piety holding a nest of pelicans
undated
42
Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Sleepy Maid
1756
43
George Dance, 1741–1825
Soldier's Head: front and back
undated
44
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
The Fair Alsatian
undated
45
Print made by Benjamin Cole, 1697–1783
Merchant Taylors' School and St. Paul's School
1756
46
unknown artist
Head of a Lion
1756
47
unknown artist
A Donkey
1756
48
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard, near Plymouth
1756
49
unknown artist
Samuel Johnson
undated
50
John Smart, 1741–1811
Miss Bennett
undated
51
John Smart, 1741–1811
Portrait of a young man taken from the life, facing left
undated
52
John Skippe, 1741–1812
Tall Monument at a Roadside
undated
53
Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Design for Interior of a Mosque
ca. 1761
54
John Smart, 1741–1811
Mrs. Ward
undated
55
John Smart, 1741–1811
Lady George Sutton
undated
56
Print made by unknown artist
Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti
1756
57
Print made by unknown artist
Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti
1756
58
Print made by John Hinde, active 1735–1744
Portrait of Rembrandt, Detail of Self-Portrait with Saskia
1756
59
Print made by unknown artist
Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti
1756
60
Print made by unknown artist
Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti
1756
61
Print made by unknown artist
Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti
1756
62
Print made by unknown artist
Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti
1756
63
John Holland, born 1734
The Raising of Lazarus
1756
64
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
The Portraiture of White-Nose
1756
65
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
The Portraiture of the Fine Chesnut Arabian
1756
66
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
The Portraiture of the Cullen Arabian
1756
67
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
The Portraiture of Bald Charlotte
1756
68
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
The Portraiture of Bay Bolton
1756
69
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
The Portraiture of Babraham
1756
70
Print made by unknown artist
The Excise Office
1756
71
John Smart, 1741–1811
Lady Wigram with Her Infant Son, William Pitt Wigram
undated
72
John Smart, 1741–1811
Lt. Charles Kenworthy Smart
undated
73
George Dance, 1741–1825
Cut and Come Again
undated
74
George Dance, 1741–1825
A Vestry Disputing about the Parish Rates
undated
75
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Girl and Youth at a Table
undated
76
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Study of a Lady
undated
77
attributed to Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Study of a Back of a Female Nude, Standing
undated
78
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Port Mahon
between 1756 and 1773
79
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Design for a Coin: Chambre du Commerce de Picarde; First Draft
ca. 1761
80
Nicholas Thomas Dall, op.1748–, d.1777
Ceiling Design
1756
81
George Dance, 1741–1825
Mr. Rokeley
undated
82
George Dance, 1741–1825
Miss Greatorex
undated
83
George Dance, 1741–1825
Mr. Hay
undated
84
George Dance, 1741–1825
And Courtiers to Their Idol Bend
undated
85
Attributed to George Dance, 1741–1825
The Peep Show
undated
86
George Dance, 1741–1825
Two Ladies Standing in Conversation, Presumably a Scene from a Play
undated
87
George Dance, 1741–1825
The Collector
undated