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Period 18th century

Exhibition History Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

1. The Mall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1740 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches (74.9 x 120 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters

Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 × 36 inches (91.4 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Playing the Games of Quadrille

Playing the Games of Quadrille

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Fortune Teller or Casting the Coffee Grounds

The Fortune Teller or Casting the Coffee Grounds

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. St. James's Park

St. James's Park

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Study of a Woman Sewing and a Girl Reading

Study of a Woman Sewing and a Girl Reading

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (26.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. An Orchestra Rehearsing

An Orchestra Rehearsing

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown wash, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 7/8 inches (26.7 × 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Bartholomew Fair, 1721

Bartholomew Fair, 1721

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1721
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored aquatint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Miss Tipapin Going for All Nine

Miss Tipapin Going for All Nine

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 11 inches (41.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger

Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (47 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Miss Shuttle-Cock / Ladies like Shuttlecocks are now array'd, The tail is Cork'd & feather'd is the Head.

No cover image available

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14in. (24.4 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.

The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.

Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: [144] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale / P. Tempest excudit.

The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale / P. Tempest excudit.

Creator:: Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702
Date:: 1711
Physical Description:: [74] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Airopaidia : containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage : hints on the improvement of balloons, and mode of inflation by steam : means to prevent their descent over water : occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction : with various philosophical observations and conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain : with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation : with a copious index / by Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.

Airopaidia : containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage : hints on the improvement of balloons, and mode of inflation by steam : means to prevent their descent over water : occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction : with various philosophical observations and conjectures. To which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain : with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation : with a copious index / by Thomas Baldwin, Esq. A. M.

Creator:: Baldwin, Thomas
Date:: 1786
Physical Description:: [3], viii, [1], 360 [i.e. 361], [1] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. [Transparent prints].

[Transparent prints].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 6 prints : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets 52 x 37 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The art of dancing explained by reading and figures : whereby the manner of performing the steps is made easy by a new and familiar method / being the original work, first design'd in the year 1724, and now published by Kellom Tomlinson, dancing-master ; in two books.

The art of dancing explained by reading and figures : whereby the manner of performing the steps is made easy by a new and familiar method / being the original work, first design'd in the year 1724, and now published by Kellom Tomlinson, dancing-master ; in two books.

Creator:: Tomlinson, Kellom
Date:: MDCCXXXV [1735]
Physical Description:: [22], 159, [1] p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. [All the bubbles]

No cover image available

Date:: [1720]
Physical Description:: 52 playing cards : illustrations ; each card 9.7 x 6.4 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. [A collection of broadsides / by Adam Toppin].

No cover image available

Creator:: Toppin, Adam, b. 1701
Date:: [1750s or 1760s?]
Physical Description:: 44 broadsides : ill. ; 14-36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts