Period: 18th century / Genre: portrait / Subject Terms: standing

1. A Couple, Traditionally Identified as Mr. and Mrs. Hill

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1750 and 1751
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

2. Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/2 x 48 1/2 inches (97.8 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Mrs. Wardle

Creator:: Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 1/4 x 40 inches (125.1 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. Portrait of a Man, called Tobias Smollett

Creator:: Attributed to Robert Scaddan, 1720–1802
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 13 1/2 inches (43.2 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
On View:: Not on view

5. Conversation Piece

Creator:: Mason Chamberlin, 1727–1787
Date:: 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 26 3/4 inches (63.5 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Sir William Pulteney (formerly Johnstone), fifth baronet

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 93 1/2 x 59 inches (237.5 x 149.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 x 56 inches (111.8 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

Creator:: John Greenwood, 1727–1792
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 43 inches (90.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. George Biggin

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 23 1/2 inches (76.2 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

Creator:: Charles Philips, 1708–1747
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 49 3/4 inches (102.2 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Study for the Portrait of George Spencer, Fourth Duke of Marlborough

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1778–1783
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches (52.1 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
On View:: On view at YUAG

12. Study for the Portrait of George Spencer, Fourth Duke of Marlborough

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1770s–80s
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (50.2 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
On View:: On view at YUAG

13. Miss Emma Crewe and Miss Elizabeth Crewe

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 inches (50.5 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: ca. 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 12 inches (49.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Amelia de Lautour

Creator:: Richard Crosse, 1742–1810
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Frame: 4 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 3/4 inches (11.7 x 8.6 x 1.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Peter de Lautour

Creator:: Richard Crosse, 1742–1810
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Frame: 4 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 3/4 inches (11.7 x 8.6 x 1.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Jack Bannister in his Dressing Room

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 11/16 x 6 7/16 inches (22.1 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Study of Sir Alexander Allan

Creator:: Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (42.5 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Lady Sarah Bunbury, Pouring Libations to the Graces

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 16 1/16 inches (63.8 × 40.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Couple, Traditionally Identified as Mr. and Mrs. Hill

2. Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire

3. Mrs. Wardle

4. Portrait of a Man, called Tobias Smollett

5. Conversation Piece

6. Sir William Pulteney (formerly Johnstone), fifth baronet

7. Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist

8. John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

9. George Biggin

10. Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

11. Study for the Portrait of George Spencer, Fourth Duke of Marlborough

12. Study for the Portrait of George Spencer, Fourth Duke of Marlborough

13. Miss Emma Crewe and Miss Elizabeth Crewe

14. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

15. Amelia de Lautour

16. Peter de Lautour

17. Jack Bannister in his Dressing Room

18. Study of Sir Alexander Allan

19. Lady Sarah Bunbury, Pouring Libations to the Graces