Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: allegory

1. Allegory of Fortune

Creator:: Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 5/16 x 35 1/8 inches (71.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. The Sense of Smell

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1691–1760
Date:: 1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Apotheosis of Nelson

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 29 inches (100.3 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. 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

7. Peace Embracing Plenty

Creator:: Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1577–1640
Date:: between 1633 and 1634
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (62.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 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. Aeneas and the Sibyl

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/8 x 55 1/4 inches (102.6 x 140.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

12. Purniya, Chief Minister of Mysore

Creator:: Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Date:: ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 × 39 1/2 inches (127 × 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. The Cave of Despair

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 x 38 1/2 inches (78.7 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Allegory of Trade

Creator:: John Theodore Heins, 1697–1756
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 54 inches (74.9 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. The Triumph of Britannia

Creator:: Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Prudence

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 18 1/8 inches (62.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Justice

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Charity

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/8 inches (63.7 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 3/16 inches (32.7 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Peaceful Reign of James I

Creator:: Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (31.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Temperance

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Faith

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 18 1/4 inches (63.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Fortitude

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 18 1/4 inches (63.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Allegory of Sea Trades

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 4 7/8 inches (9.2 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Allegory of Napoleonic Battles

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 x 5in. (7.9 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Allegory of Drawing

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4in. (8.3 x 12.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Allegory of Steam

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5in. (9.8 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. An Allegory of America Carrying the Cap of Liberty

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 2 1/16 inches (8.3 × 5.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. And Ah! Let Pity Turn Her Dewy Eyes...

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 9/16 inches (35.7 x 26.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Hope Nursing Love

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/8 inches (50.5 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Telemachus and Mentor

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Tancred Entering the Enchanted Forest, Vide "Jerusalem Delivered"--Canto XIII

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 3/8 inches (31 x 44.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Rather a Dangerous Kind of Hug

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 5/16 inches (31 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Another Saint Sebastian, Shot at by Cruel Archers

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 17 9/16 inches (30.5 x 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Britannia in Distress

Creator:: Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (17.1 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Allegorical Female Figure: holding a flaming torch

Creator:: John Bacon, 1740–1799
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 3 inches (17.8 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Allegorical female figure: piety holding a nest of pelicans

Creator:: John Bacon, 1740–1799
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 inches (18.1 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Greatheart's Battle with Grim

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 inches (12.4 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Design for a Medal: Britannia Ruling the Waves

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 × 7 3/4 inches (27.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Preparatory Study for the decoration "Equestrian Portrait of George I"

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 12 3/8 inches (28.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Fishery

Creator:: Print made by William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 22 11/16 inches (46.4 × 57.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Death and the Debauchee

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1814 and 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 8 1/2 inches (13.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Family of Children

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 7 1/4 inches (11 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. The Mausoleum

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8 11/16 inches (12.7 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Death Turned Pilot

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1815 and 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches (14.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Sir Godfrey Kneller

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/16 x 12 inches (45.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Time and Death and Goody Barton

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and gray brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 x 8 3/8 inches (13.2 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave

Creator:: Francis Cleyn, 1582–1658
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Design for an Engraving: Parlement de Paris Reassembling with Figure of Justice

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk, incised and squared for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige 19th century laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 x 11 1/16 inches (30.5 x 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Mrs. Elizabeth Billington as St. Cecilia

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 5/8 × 16 3/4 inches (65.1 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Allegory of Fortune

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

3. The Sense of Smell

4. The Fishery

5. The Apotheosis of Nelson

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

7. Peace Embracing Plenty

8. A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

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

10. Aeneas and the Sibyl

11. John Eardley Wilmot

12. Purniya, Chief Minister of Mysore

13. The Cave of Despair

14. The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

15. Allegory of Trade

16. The Triumph of Britannia

17. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Prudence

18. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Justice

19. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Charity

20. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

21. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Peaceful Reign of James I

22. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Temperance

23. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Faith

24. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Fortitude

25. Allegory of Sea Trades

26. Allegory of Napoleonic Battles

27. Allegory of Drawing

28. Allegory of Steam

29. An Allegory of America Carrying the Cap of Liberty

30. And Ah! Let Pity Turn Her Dewy Eyes...

31. Hope Nursing Love

32. Telemachus and Mentor

33. Tancred Entering the Enchanted Forest, Vide "Jerusalem Delivered"--Canto XIII

34. Rather a Dangerous Kind of Hug

35. Another Saint Sebastian, Shot at by Cruel Archers

36. Britannia in Distress

37. Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion

38. Allegorical Female Figure: holding a flaming torch

39. Allegorical female figure: piety holding a nest of pelicans

40. Greatheart's Battle with Grim

41. Design for a Medal: Britannia Ruling the Waves

42. Preparatory Study for the decoration "Equestrian Portrait of George I"

43. The Fishery

44. Death and the Debauchee

45. The Family of Children

46. The Mausoleum

47. Death Turned Pilot

48. Sir Godfrey Kneller

49. Time and Death and Goody Barton

50. Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave

51. Design for an Engraving: Parlement de Paris Reassembling with Figure of Justice

52. Mrs. Elizabeth Billington as St. Cecilia