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John Michael Rysbrack Modelling His Terra-Cotta Statue of Hercules
Creator:
Andrea Soldi, 1703–1771
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
45 3/16 x 35 3/4 inches (114.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Horse Attacked by a Lion (Episode C)
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
between 1768 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:
10 1/8 × 11 5/8 inches (25.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Greenland Falcon
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax on panel
Dimensions:
32 x 39 inches (81.3 x 99.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Sleeping Leopard
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Enamel on Wedgwood biscuit earthenware
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (10.8 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Labourers
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Enamel on Wedgwood biscuit earthenware
Dimensions:
27 1/2 × 36 inches (69.9 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lustre, held by a Groom
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 3/4 inches (118.1 × 144.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

7. Dido

Dido
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
96 3/16 × 72 3/16 inches (244.3 × 183.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Dead Soldier
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 × 50 inches (101.6 × 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, fourth Bt.
Creator:
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:
1770 to 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
71 x 96 3/8 inches (180.3 x 244.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
An Unknown Man Seated at a Table
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
between 1744 and 1746
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
A Family, Probably the Raikes Family
Creator:
Gawen Hamilton, ca. 1697–1737
Date:
between 1730 and 1732
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 x 36 1/8 inches (66 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Warwick Castle
Creator:
Francis Harding, active 1730–1766
Date:
ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 5/8 x 39 inches (62.5 x 99.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii
Creator:
Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Oliver and Ward Families
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 3/4 x 62 3/4 inches (123.8 x 159.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Pumpkin with a Stable-lad
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1774
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:
32 3/8 × 39 7/8 inches (82.2 × 101.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1780 to 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Man, Known as the "Indian Captain"
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
90 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches (229.2 x 138.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in David Garrick's "The Farmer's Return"
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Colgon Rocks
Creator:
William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 × 72 inches (127 × 182.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Lion Attacking a Horse
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Education of Achilles
Creator:
James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/2 x 50 3/4 inches (102.9 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Bulls Fighting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:
24 1/4 x 32 1/2 inches (61.6 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Robert Gwillym, Elizabeth Gwillym (née Atherton), and Their Family
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
1745 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1732
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (47.9 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Lion Attacking a Stag
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William Lowndes, Auditor of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 15/16 x 40 3/16 inches (126.8 x 102.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge
Creator:
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 3/4 x 28 3/4 inches (47.6 x 73 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John Dodd, of Swallowfield, Berkshire
Creator:
John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:
1739
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
94 x 57 7/8 inches (238.8 x 147 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Rebecca Receiving the Bracelet at the Well
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 3/4 x 63 3/16 inches (123.8 x 160.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774; reigned 1769–1774)
Creator:
Christopher Hewetson, 1737/38–1798
Date:
ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 1/2 × 26 × 12 inches (80 × 66 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 15/16 x 50 1/16 inches (101.4 x 127.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Academy by Lamplight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
Rehearsal of an opera
Creator:
Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:
ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 x 22 inches (48.3 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'
Creator:
William Artaud, 1763–1823
Date:
1788 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cavern, near Naples
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1774
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Pamela Askew
On View:
Not on view
Alexander Pope
Creator:
Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:
1741
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 3/4 x 17 x 9 inches (62.9 x 43.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of the British art historian Basil Taylor (1922–1975)
On View:
Not on view
A Lake by Moonlight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1780 to 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/2 × 29 3/4 inches (62.2 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/16 x 50 1/4 inches (101.8 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
Vesuvius from Posillipo
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
25 × 33 inches (63.5 × 83.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William III
Creator:
John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712
Date:
ca. 1700 or ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 70 x 33 x 29 inches (177.8 x 83.8 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Charles James Fox
Creator:
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 10 inches (69.2 x 47 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
George III
Creator:
John Nost III, active 1749–died 1780
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 × 19 1/4 × 10 inches (63.5 × 48.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Sir Andrew Fountaine
Creator:
Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:
ca. 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 3/4 × 19 × 9 3/4 inches (60.3 × 48.3 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Alexander Pope
Creator:
Attributed to Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:
ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 3/4 × 21 1/4 inches (60.3 × 54 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Francis Hayman
Creator:
Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 × 22 × 12 inches (63.5 × 55.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lamprey at Newmarket, with a Group of Figures Including Sir William Morgan and Girolamo Bardoletti
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 × 49 1/2 inches (104.1 × 125.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Rev. Thomas Gisborne and Mary Gisborne (née Babington)
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
73 x 60 inches (185.4 x 152.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
David Garrick and his wife Eva Maria Garrick (née Veigel) by his Temple to Shakespeare at Hampton
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
43 1/4 x 53 inches (109.9 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
Elizabeth Bateson (née Harvey)
Creator:
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:
ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 5/16 x 22 7/8 inches (74.5 x 58.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Ann Wilson (née Harrison) and Her Daughter, Sybill
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
between 1776 and 1777
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 × 39 1/2 inches (124.5 × 100.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
On view at YUAG
An Unknown Man
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:
ca. 1748
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 Fund
On View:
Not on view
William III
Creator:
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:
ca. 1736
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 18 x 11 3/4 inches (64.8 x 45.7 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
Creator:
Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:
ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 21 x 11 inches (71.1 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

61. Hercules

Hercules
Creator:
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:
between 1745 and 1752
Materials & Techniques:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 9 inches (57.2 x 54.6 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

62. Cleopatra

Cleopatra
Creator:
Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 28 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 71.1 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Thomas Dawson, first Baron Dartrey (Later first Viscount Cremorne)
Creator:
Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Carrara marble on an original oval socle
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches, 110 lb. (54.6 × 41.9 × 24.1 cm, 49.9 kg)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

64. Omphale

Omphale
Creator:
Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:
1770s
Materials & Techniques:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (55.9 x 44.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

65. Ariadne

Ariadne
Creator:
Laurent Delvaux, 1696–1778
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 × 28 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (33 × 71.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Death of Chatham
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (71.4 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Professor Jules David Prown
On View:
Not on view
The Battle of La Hogue
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1778, retouched 1806
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
64 3/4 x 96 1/4 inches (164.5 x 244.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Drummond Family
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 x 63 inches (104.1 x 160 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
View of the Campi Flegrei from the Camaldolese Convent near Naples
Creator:
Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 71 1/2 inches (127 x 181.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
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
Self-Portrait
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 x 28 3/4 inches (61 x 73 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Children in an Interior
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 49 3/4 inches (99.1 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
An Unknown Woman
Creator:
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:
ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 × 25 3/16 inches (76.2 × 64 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches (71.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
A Game of Quadrille
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012)
On View:
Not on view
Horse Frightened by a Lion
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
between 1762 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 3/4 × 41 inches (70.5 × 104.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Rome from the Villa Madama
Creator:
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
37 9/16 x 52 1/4 inches (95.4 x 132.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
A Family, Traditionally Identified as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 1/4 × 40 3/4 inches (64.1 × 103.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Two Gentlemen Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 49 inches (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Repose after Shooting
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/4 x 50 1/2 inches (102.2 x 128.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of an Elderly Lady and a Girl
Creator:
George Beare, 1724/5–1749
Date:
1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 1/16 x 40 1/4 inches (124.6 x 102.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Gravenor Family
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches (90.2 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers
Creator:
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:
between 1748 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 × 39 inches (104.1 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Beggar's Opera
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1729
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 1/4 x 30 inches (59.1 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (118.1 × 143.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
Richard Heber
Creator:
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
65 1/4 x 51 3/16 inches (165.7 x 130 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
Self-Portrait
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 18 3/4 inches (63.5 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Thistlethwayte Family
Creator:
Thomas Hudson, 1707–1779
Date:
ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
73 1/4 × 84 1/2 inches (186.1 × 214.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Bust of a Man
Creator:
Francis Harwood, 1726/7–1783
Date:
ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:
Black limestone on a yellow marble socle
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 × 20 × 10 1/2 inches (71.1 × 50.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Self-Portrait
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (14 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Purchased in memory of Paul Mellon on the occasion of his centennial
On View:
Not on view
An Unknown Man in a Library
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
between 1740 and 1741
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (50.2 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John Bacon, Catherine Bacon (née Lowther), and their children John, Charles, Catherine, and Dorothy
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
between 1742 and 1743
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 51 5/8 inches (76.2 x 131.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Mandrake: A Charm
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
exhibited 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 × 29 1/2 inches (63.5 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view