Period: 18th century / Genre: landscape / Subject Terms: country house

1. Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: William Ashford, 1746–1824
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 9/16 x 24 1/16 inches (42.1 x 61.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/16 x 32 1/8 inches (44 x 81.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Orleans House, Twickenham

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 32 inches (43.8 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. South Prospect of Hampton Court, Herefordshire

Creator:: Jan Stevens, died 1722
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 82 x 94 inches (208.3 x 238.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. 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

7. Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 × 18 inches (31.8 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

Creator:: Leonard Knyff, 1650–1721
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 × 56 inches (90.2 × 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Hackwood Park, Hampshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated, exhibited 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/16 x 50 1/4 inches (102.1 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. Landscape with Haymakers and a Distant View of a Georgian House

Creator:: William Ashford, 1746–1824
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 42 inches (76.2 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 7/8 × 38 1/4 inches (73.3 × 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. The Earl of Rochester's House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1700 and 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/4 x 83 1/2 inches (107.3 x 212.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. A View of a Lake with Fishermen

Creator:: William Groombridge, 1748–1811
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 × 28 inches (50.8 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Kidbrooke Park, Kent

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 45 1/4 inches (76.2 x 114.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. River Landscape with Cattle Wading and Watermill

Creator:: James Mason, 1710–1783
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

16. Plate I: View taken near Scarva in the County of Downe, representing Ploughing, Sowing the Flax Seed and Harrowing

Creator:: William Hincks, 1752–1797
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving with etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 17 1/2 inches (36 x 44.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Bradwell Lodge in Essex, the Seat of the Revd. Henry Bate Dudley

Creator:: Print made by William Angus, 1752–1821
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 3/16 inches (22 x 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Baskerville House, the Residence of John Ryland, Esq.

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (21.6 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The House of George Humphrys, Esq., Spark Brook

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (22 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Beddington

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/16 inches (16.9 × 21.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Bordesley Hall, the Seat of John Taylor, Esq.

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 10 9/16 inches (21.7 x 26.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Heveningham Hall, Suffolk

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1782 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 inches (17.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Sarsden House and Gardens, Oxfordshire: Bird's-eye View

Creator:: Humphry Repton, 1752–1818
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 7/8 inches (24.1 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A View of the Estate at Esholt Hall, Yorkshire

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 33 5/8 inches (40 x 85.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

25. Seat of the Right Honorable, the Earl of Harcourt at Nuneham, with a distant View of Oxford

Creator:: Print made by Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 9 3/4 inches (18.6 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

26. At Hooghly

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/8 inches (19.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland

2. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

3. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

4. Orleans House, Twickenham

5. South Prospect of Hampton Court, Herefordshire

6. Dinas Bran from Llangollen

7. Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

8. Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

9. Hackwood Park, Hampshire

10. Landscape with Haymakers and a Distant View of a Georgian House

11. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

12. The Earl of Rochester's House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

13. A View of a Lake with Fishermen

14. Kidbrooke Park, Kent

15. River Landscape with Cattle Wading and Watermill

16. Plate I: View taken near Scarva in the County of Downe, representing Ploughing, Sowing the Flax Seed and Harrowing

17. Bradwell Lodge in Essex, the Seat of the Revd. Henry Bate Dudley

18. Baskerville House, the Residence of John Ryland, Esq.

19. The House of George Humphrys, Esq., Spark Brook

20. Beddington

21. Bordesley Hall, the Seat of John Taylor, Esq.

22. Heveningham Hall, Suffolk

23. Sarsden House and Gardens, Oxfordshire: Bird's-eye View

24. A View of the Estate at Esholt Hall, Yorkshire

25. Seat of the Right Honorable, the Earl of Harcourt at Nuneham, with a distant View of Oxford

26. At Hooghly