On-site Access: Not on view / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: ruins

1. James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

Creator:: Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 5/8 × 48 3/4 inches (98.1 × 123.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 × 27 inches (86.4 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Caernarvon Castle

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/4 × 28 3/4 inches (52.7 × 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. View on the Medway

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Landscape with Stream and Weir

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1750 and 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 1/2 x 37 1/4 inches (80 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Medway at Rochester

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 31 inches (55.2 x 78.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. James Caulfeild, fourth Viscount Charlemont (Later first Earl of Charlemont)

Creator:: Pompeo Batoni, 1708–1787
Date:: between 1753 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/2 × 29 inches (97.8 × 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Dinas Bran from Llangollen

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: 1770 to 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 71 × 96 3/8 inches (180.3 × 244.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/8 x 43 5/8 inches (117.2 x 110.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Corfe Castle, Dorset

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/8 x 18 inches (33.3 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. The Colosseum

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 × 20 1/4 inches (39.1 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. St. Mary's Abbey, York

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. A View Near Arundel, Sussex, with Ruins by Water

Creator:: George Smith of Chichester, 1714–1776
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 1/8 x 19 5/8 inches (41 x 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Winter Landscape

Creator:: George Smith of Chichester, 1714–1776
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 3/4 × 26 inches (42.5 × 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. A Landscape with Distant Classical Ruins, a Bridge, Figures, and Cattle

Creator:: William Smith, 1707–1764
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 × 35 3/4 inches (71.1 × 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. St. Paul before Agrippa

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches (81.9 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. John Phillippo Nighorus

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Haycart Passing a Ruined Abbey

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Rievaulx Abbey

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. William Weddell

Creator:: Pompeo Batoni, 1708–1787
Date:: between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 3/8 × 38 1/8 inches (133 × 96.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. West Gate of Pevensey Castle, Sussex

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: between 1773 and 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 35 3/4 inches (70.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

22. An Imaginary Landscape with a Traveller and Figures Overlooking the Bay of Baiae

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/16 x 29 7/16 inches (48.4 x 74.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. An Unknown Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 65 × 54 1/2 inches (165.1 × 138.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Classical Landscape

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 × 46 1/2 inches (88.9 × 118.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Classical Landscape with Figures and Animals: Sunset

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 46 1/2 inches (88.9 x 118.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. The Rope Bridge at Serinagur

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/4 x 40 3/4 inches (81.9 x 103.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Italian Landscape (Morning)

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: between 1760 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 5/8 x 37 1/4 inches (70.2 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Landscape with Cattle and Peasant

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches (67.3 x 105.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Caernarfon Castle

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 41 5/16 inches (64.8 x 104.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. The Blacksmith's Shop

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch

Creator:: Attributed to David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 54 1/2 x 38 3/4 inches (138.4 x 98.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. River Landscape

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 x 41 inches (76.8 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 33 inches (67.3 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Peacocks, Doves, Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks by a Classical Ruin

Creator:: Marmaduke Cradock, 1660–1716
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (41.9 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. Saltwood Castle

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 36 3/4 inches (50.2 x 93.3 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. James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

2. A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard

3. Caernarvon Castle

4. View on the Medway

5. Landscape with Stream and Weir

6. The Medway at Rochester

7. James Caulfeild, fourth Viscount Charlemont (Later first Earl of Charlemont)

8. Dinas Bran from Llangollen

9. Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

10. Corfe Castle, Dorset

11. The Colosseum

12. St. Mary's Abbey, York

13. A View Near Arundel, Sussex, with Ruins by Water

14. Winter Landscape

15. A Landscape with Distant Classical Ruins, a Bridge, Figures, and Cattle

16. St. Paul before Agrippa

17. John Phillippo Nighorus

18. Haycart Passing a Ruined Abbey

19. Rievaulx Abbey

20. William Weddell

21. West Gate of Pevensey Castle, Sussex

22. An Imaginary Landscape with a Traveller and Figures Overlooking the Bay of Baiae

23. An Unknown Man

24. Classical Landscape

25. Classical Landscape with Figures and Animals: Sunset

26. The Rope Bridge at Serinagur

27. Italian Landscape (Morning)

28. Landscape with Cattle and Peasant

29. Caernarfon Castle

30. The Blacksmith's Shop

31. Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch

32. River Landscape

33. Chepstow Castle

34. Peacocks, Doves, Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks by a Classical Ruin

35. Saltwood Castle