Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Period: 19th century / Subject Terms: gesture

1. The Mountain Torrent

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 5/16 × 61 inches (99.9 × 154.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Chateaux de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: exhibited 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Virgin and Child

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1810 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Tempera on panel
Dimensions:: 11 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (28.6 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram

Creator:: Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759–1838
Date:: ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 3/4 × 11 1/2 inches (37.5 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 7/8 × 24 5/8 inches (47.9 × 62.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Foxhunting Scene

Creator:: Benjamin Marshall, 1768–1835
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Victualling Office, Plymouth

Creator:: Nicholas Condy, 1793–1857
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/16 x 24 1/8 inches (45.9 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: Summer 1846 to March 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 69 1/4 x 94 inches (175.9 x 238.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. John Eardley Wilmot

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/2 x 58 1/4 inches (105.4 x 148 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Diana at the Bath

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 1/2 inches (76.2 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. The Reverend Thomas Levett and Favourite Dogs, Cock-shooting

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (71.4 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 47 1/2 inches (96.5 x 120.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. The Severe Steward, or Unfortunate Tenant

Creator:: William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:: between 1800 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 50 1/8 inches (102.2 x 127.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 × 34 inches (102.2 × 86.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Chain Pier at Brighton

Creator:: Print made by John Bruce, fl. 1826
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 x 19 1/4 inches (34.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Strephon and Chloe

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 1/16 inches (25.5 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Wanderer

Creator:: Print made by Charles West Cope, 1811–1890
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 15/16 inches (15.2 x 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (47.9 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Malvolio Dancing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with brown wash and oil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Château des Comtes de Flandre, Ghent

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 inches (35.3 x 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Balcony

Creator:: Print made by James Charles Armytage, 1802–1897
Date:: between 1835 and 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 13 11/16 inches (50.8 x 34.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Gems of the Great Exhibition No. 4: The Foreign Department

Creator:: Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: 1852 or 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and stipple engraving with color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, laid on dome-shaped gold paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 3/8 x 13 1/16 inches (21.2 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Pomare, Queen of Tahiti

Creator:: Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and stipple engraving with color woodcut on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, discolored cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 13/16 x 11 13/16 inches (37.6 x 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Reception of the Rev. J. Williams at Tanna in the South Seas, the Day before He Was Massacred

Creator:: Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, aquatint, and etching with woodcut on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 12 7/8 inches (22 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Tynemouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by Benjamin Comte, 1760–1851
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (15.5 x 24.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. La Mancha

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 x 6 11/16 inches (18.3 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Peter Callam & Elvira

Creator:: J. Findlay, active 1825–1857
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card, with attached offset print
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 6 inches (8.9 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Marquis of Anglesea Wounded Whilst Leading a Charge of Heavy Cavalry at the Close of the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 12 5/8 inches (25.1 × 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Spoiled Child, Scene V

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 5/8 inches (39.4 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Spoiled Child, Scene IV

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 1/8 inches (39.4 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Spoiled Child, Scene II

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (39.1 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 20 5/8 inches (33 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Show

Creator:: Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822
Date:: after 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches (22.3 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Olivia and Maria

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash, gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 inches (10.7 x 8.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Fish Porter in a Straw Hat

Creator:: George Chambers, 1803–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 inches (25.7 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: after 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Settling the Disputed Point

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 3/8 inches (25.4 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Group of Peasants with Musical Instruments

Creator:: Attributed to John Absolon, 1815–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, pen, and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.5 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Figures on a Rocky River Bank at Canonteign, Devon

Creator:: John White Abbott, 1763–1851
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches (22.5 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado

Creator:: Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857
Date:: between 1820 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with brown pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, laid in contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (44.2 x 52 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Mountain Torrent

2. Chateaux de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

3. Virgin and Child

4. The Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram

5. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

6. Foxhunting Scene

7. The Victualling Office, Plymouth

8. Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

9. Partridge Shooting

10. John Eardley Wilmot

11. Diana at the Bath

12. The Reverend Thomas Levett and Favourite Dogs, Cock-shooting

13. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

14. The Severe Steward, or Unfortunate Tenant

15. Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

16. Self-Portrait

17. Chain Pier at Brighton

18. Strephon and Chloe

19. The Wanderer

20. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

21. Malvolio Dancing

22. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

23. Château des Comtes de Flandre, Ghent

24. The Balcony

25. Gems of the Great Exhibition No. 4: The Foreign Department

26. Pomare, Queen of Tahiti

27. The Reception of the Rev. J. Williams at Tanna in the South Seas, the Day before He Was Massacred

28. Tynemouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland

29. La Mancha

30. Peter Callam & Elvira

31. The Marquis of Anglesea Wounded Whilst Leading a Charge of Heavy Cavalry at the Close of the Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815

32. The Spoiled Child, Scene V

33. The Spoiled Child, Scene IV

34. The Spoiled Child, Scene II

35. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

36. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

37. The Show

38. Olivia and Maria

39. Fish Porter in a Straw Hat

40. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

41. Settling the Disputed Point

42. Group of Peasants with Musical Instruments

43. Figures on a Rocky River Bank at Canonteign, Devon

44. Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado