Period: 18th century / Genre: genre subject / Subject Terms: people

1. Warwick Castle

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1748 to 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 37 3/4 × 56 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (95.9 × 142.9 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. A Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches (52.1 x 67.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Covent Garden

Creator:: Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:: ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Frost on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:: 1788 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/16 × 48 3/16 inches (76.7 × 122.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Marmalong Bridge

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 × 36 inches (68.6 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Northumberland House, London

Creator:: Attributed to William James, active 1754–1771
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 16 inches (29.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/16 × 48 inches (91.9 × 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Whitehall

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 × 35 7/8 inches (71.1 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Merton College, Oxford

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 x 35 5/8 inches (70.5 x 90.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A View of the Cathedral and City of Lincoln from the River

Creator:: Joseph Baker of Lincoln, active 1742–1770
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 9/16 x 43 1/4 inches (82.7 x 109.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Musical Conversation

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 30 7/8 inches (66 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 24 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (62.9 × 73 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 3/8 x 40 inches (128 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. The Choir, Canterbury Cathedral

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1712 and 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 3/4 x 40 7/16 inches (126.4 x 102.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. The Paper Buildings, Inner Temple, London

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/2 x 49 1/4 inches (87.6 x 125.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance

Creator:: John Feary, ca. 1745–1788
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 x 48 inches (69.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. North Parade, Bath

Creator:: Humphry Repton, 1752–1818
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 x 15 1/4in. (25.9 x 38.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting 1771

Creator:: Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 22in. (47 x 55.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Haymaking

Creator:: Heinrich W. Schweickhardt, 1746–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 12 9/16 inches (17.8 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Figures, Horses and Cows

Creator:: Thomas Ross, active from 1753
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 7 inches (11.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The 'Royal' Coach Outside the White Lion Inn

Creator:: William Evans of Bristol, 1809–1858
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 1/16 × 17 3/8 inches (33.2 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Exhibition of Royal Academy

Creator:: Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
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

23. An Underground Shrine with Two Figures Kneeling before a Pieta

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (16.5 x 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 22 1/8 inches (41.6 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Figure Sketches

Creator:: George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 3 3/16 inches (7.5 × 8.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper (original mount)
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (43.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Two-Decker Running up the Estuary with Figures on the Beach in the Foreground

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (29.8 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

28. A London Riot

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 12 inches (12.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Wooded Landscape with Figures outside a Cottage Door

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1775 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and gray ink, heightened with white on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches (23.8 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Wooded Landscape with Figures, Donkeys and Cottage

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen with brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches (18.7 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1780 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash, with traces of black and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 inches (27.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Kennington Common

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray ink and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (33.7 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Warwick Castle

2. A Landscape with Figures

3. Covent Garden

4. Frost on the Thames

5. The Marmalong Bridge

6. Northumberland House, London

7. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

8. Whitehall

9. Merton College, Oxford

10. A View of the Cathedral and City of Lincoln from the River

11. Musical Conversation

12. St. Paul's Cathedral

13. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

14. The Choir, Canterbury Cathedral

15. The Paper Buildings, Inner Temple, London

16. One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance

17. North Parade, Bath

18. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting 1771

19. Haymaking

20. Figures, Horses and Cows

21. The 'Royal' Coach Outside the White Lion Inn

22. Exhibition of Royal Academy

23. An Underground Shrine with Two Figures Kneeling before a Pieta

24. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

25. Figure Sketches

26. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

27. A Two-Decker Running up the Estuary with Figures on the Beach in the Foreground

28. A London Riot

29. Wooded Landscape with Figures outside a Cottage Door

30. Wooded Landscape with Figures, Donkeys and Cottage

31. Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

32. Kennington Common