Materials & Techniques: painting (technique) / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: clouds

1. 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:: On view at YUAG

2. Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 31 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches (80.6 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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:: On view at YUAG

6. A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard

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

7. Winter Landscape with Figures

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches (72.4 x 92.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Portrait of 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

9. Portrait of a Man on Horseback

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/4 × 40 1/8 inches (127.6 × 101.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. The Death of the Hare

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 1/4 inches (102.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Lago d'Agnano with the Grotta del Cane

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1770 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 × 21 inches (44.5 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Jacob's Dream

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (163.8 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Windsor Castle Seen from the Thames

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 36 3/4 inches (67.6 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Mausoleum with Stone Elephants

Creator:: Francis Swain Ward, ca. 1734–1794
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 30 1/4 inches (50.8 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty

Creator:: Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 × 24 1/4 inches (43.8 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Classical Landscape: Morning

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: between 1740 and 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 43 x 43 inches (109.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. 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

20. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1795 and 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (56.5 x 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. 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

22. 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

23. Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/4 x 56 inches (97.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. 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

28. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 x 45 1/2 inches (139.7 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. A Winter Landscape

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 25 1/2 inches (40.6 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Figures with a Donkey and Dog Crossing a Weir

Creator:: James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. A Scene from 'The Maid of the Mill'

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 5/8 x 25 inches (47.3 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 x 25 inches (40.6 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. A View Supposedly Near Arundel, Sussex, with Figures in a Lane

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 7/8 x 19 3/4 inches (40.3 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Clayton Jones

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1744 to 1745
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

35. Portrait of a Girl

Creator:: Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (76.5 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

Creator:: Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:: ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. Susannah Maria Cibber (née Arne) as Cordelia

Creator:: Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 84 x 82 inches (213.4 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. Sarah Campbell

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1777 to 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/4 x 40 inches (127.6 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

40. Matlock Tor by Moonlight

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1777 and 1780
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 Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 93 x 56 inches (236.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. Mares and Foals

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on metal (zinc?)
Dimensions:: 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (15.9 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches (95.3 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. A Bay Horse Approached by a Stable-Lad with Food and a Halter

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches (61.6 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. Dover

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1746 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 1/2 inches (43.2 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. Setters

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/4 x 9 inches (33.7 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

48. Foxhunting in Hilly Country

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (31.1 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

49. Marcia Pitt and Her Brother George Pitt, Later second Baron Rivers, Riding in the Park at Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire

Creator:: Thomas Gooch, 1750–1802
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (68.9 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

50. 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

51. Sketch for an oval ceiling

Creator:: Attributed to Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 inches (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

52. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

53. Louisa Lane, Called 'Cecilia'

Creator:: John Hoppner, 1758–1810
Date:: exhibited 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/16 x 24 3/4 inches (76.7 x 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

54. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 37 7/8 inches (70.5 × 96.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
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
On View:: Not on view