Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / On-site Access: Not on view / Subject Terms: historical subject

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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. 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

10. 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

11. 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 × 21 inches (43.2 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. 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

13. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

Creator:: Francis Smith, active 1763–1779
Date:: ca. 1765
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

14. 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 × 67 1/16 inches (127.3 × 170.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. 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

16. 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

17. The Bard

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 × 40 inches (127 × 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. John Locke

Creator:: Attributed to John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Lead (on stone base)
Dimensions:: Overall: 29 × 23 × 9 inches (73.7 × 58.4 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Cleopatra

Creator:: Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:: ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 x 28 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 71.1 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

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

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

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

5. The Great Fire of London

6. The Death of Buckingham

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

8. The Life of Buckingham

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

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

11. The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

12. The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act

13. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

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

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

16. Paetus and Arria

17. The Bard

18. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

19. John Locke

20. Cleopatra