Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Genre: portrait / Subject Terms: reading

1. An Unknown Man Seated at a Table

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1744 and 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Cousin of John Gawler of Ramridge House, Weyhill, Hampshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Portrait of a Boy

Creator:: Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/16 x 25 3/16 inches (76.4 x 64 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

Creator:: Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:: 1809
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

5. Sir John Rushout, Bt.

Creator:: John Smibert, 1688–1751
Date:: 1726
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (99.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School

Creator:: John Smibert, 1688–1751
Date:: 1724
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 95 1/4 x 59 inches (241.9 x 149.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. John Varley

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: between 1748 and 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. A Family, Traditionally Identified as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 × 40 3/4 inches (64.1 × 103.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. An Unknown Man in a Library

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1740 and 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (50.2 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

12. Study for a Group Portrait

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: between 1729 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/8 × 18 1/2 inches (35.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Mary Constable Reading

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 inches (15.6 x 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Richard Robinson, Bishop of Kildare

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 13/16 inches (41.3 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Mrs. Fitzherbert

Creator:: Print made by John Condé, 1765–1794
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving with etched border on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 11 7/8 inches (40.6 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. St. Catherine Reading

Creator:: Jacques Christophe Le Blon, 1667–1741
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Color mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 7/8 × 19 3/8 inches (58.1 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Portrait Study of Martha, Lady Hayter

Creator:: Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (19.7 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sophy Steadman Reading

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches (19.7 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Lady Reading

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/2 x 8 inches (29.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Portrait of Maria Elizabeth Dadd, the Artist's Sister

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue-green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. An Unknown Man Seated at a Table

2. The Cousin of John Gawler of Ramridge House, Weyhill, Hampshire

3. Portrait of a Boy

4. Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

5. Sir John Rushout, Bt.

6. Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School

7. John Varley

8. Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough

9. A Family, Traditionally Identified as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire

10. An Unknown Man in a Library

11. Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters

12. Study for a Group Portrait

13. Mary Constable Reading

14. Richard Robinson, Bishop of Kildare

15. Mrs. Fitzherbert

16. St. Catherine Reading

17. Portrait Study of Martha, Lady Hayter

18. Sophy Steadman Reading

19. A Lady Reading

20. Portrait of Maria Elizabeth Dadd, the Artist's Sister