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1. The Montagu Family and an Unknown Attendant

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 x 29 1/2 inches (53.3 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A Club of Gentlemen

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 23 inches (47 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Sense of Smell

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:: 1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Anglers' Repast

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Figures in a Tavern or Coffee House

Creator:: Attributed to Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: ca. 1725 or after 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches (19.7 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: Summer 1846 to March 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 69 1/4 x 94 inches (175.9 x 238.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Life of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. 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

9. The Supper by the Fountain

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Scarlet Macaw, Yellow-naped Amazon, Eurasian Bullfinch, Blue Tit, Eurasian Jay, and Red Squirrel with Fruit

Creator:: Tobias Stranover, 1684–after 1735
Date:: between 1710 and 1724
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 x 62 1/2 inches (113 x 158.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. 'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Bachelors' Hall: The Hunt Breakfast

Creator:: Francis Calcraft Turner, active 1782–1846
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 19 inches (35.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Blue and Green Bottles and Oranges

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: ca. 1914
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/8 × 16 inches (51.1 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Discussing a Catch of Salmon in a Scottish Fishing-Lodge

Creator:: William Shiels, 1785–1857
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 50 3/4 inches (96.5 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Still Life of Bread, Butter and Cheese

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/8 × 30 inches (63.8 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. The Sense of Taste

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:: 1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. British Gentlemen at Sir Horace Mann's Home in Florence

Creator:: Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
Date:: between 1763 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 15/16 x 48 15/16 inches (96.4 x 124.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. A View in China: Cultivating the Tea Plant

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 1/2 × 72 13/16 inches (123.2 × 184.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. "Lord, Thy Will Be Done"

Creator:: Philip Hermogenes Calderon, 1833–1898
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/8 × 18 1/4 inches (25.7 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

20. The Deserter's Home

Creator:: Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 40 1/4 inches (76.2 x 102.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

21. A Waterfall with Bathers

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 3/4 x 32 9/16 inches (123.8 x 82.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. 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

23. Refreshing the Weary

Creator:: Robert Hannah, 1812–1909
Date:: ca. 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 20 1/2 inches (61 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

24. Exercising the Royal Horses

Creator:: John Frederick Herring, 1795–1865
Date:: between 1847 and 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 3/4 x 44 inches (85.7 x 111.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Reeve & Elizabeth Boies Schley
On View:: Not on view

25. An Extensive View of the Oxford Races

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (63.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. 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

27. Arches of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (108.6 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. 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

29. The Mistletoe Bough

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 5/8 × 18 1/2 inches (57.5 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

Creator:: Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794–1835
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 47 1/2 inches (96.5 x 120.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Noon

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. The Midday Meal

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (19.1 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. Men Round the Food Vendor’s Stall

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: after 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 1/2 × 8 1/8 inches (24.1 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. 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