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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Creator
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
12
McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
6
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
6
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
3
Spooner, Charles, c.1720–1767
3
Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775
2
Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
1
Hall, John, 1739–1797
1
Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1739–1808
1
Spencer, Gervase, ca. 1715–1763
1
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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2004
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1960
171
1968
130
1745
73
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57
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1762
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1772
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1780
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1964
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1755
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1779
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1784
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1785
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1771
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1778
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1788
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1760
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1765
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1768
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1782
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1776
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1790
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1791
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1777
31
1786
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1769
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1809
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1965
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1810
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1812
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1961
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1764
27
1787
27
1795
27
1773
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1783
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1754
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1757
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1792
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1804
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1740
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1827
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1749
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1756
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1805
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1966
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1774
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1806
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1700
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1766
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1767
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1781
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1789
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1811
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1730
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1738
20
1763
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1814
20
1830
20
1835
20
1630
19
1794
19
1742
18
1796
18
1802
18
1825
18
1978
18
1675
17
1735
17
1750
17
1799
17
1618
16
1801
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1813
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1817
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1893
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1982
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1680
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1728
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1747
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1761
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1798
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1807
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1819
14
1670
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1753
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1803
13
1970
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1732
12
1748
12
1797
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1815
12
1826
12
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
21
Not on view
4
Image Use
Free to Use
25
Image Available
Available
22
Unavailable
3
Classification
Prints
12
Drawings & Watercolors
8
Paintings
4
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
8
Cries of London
6
Period
18th century
24
18th century-19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
18
mezzotint
11
brown wash
4
graphite
4
oil paint
4
painting (technique)
4
black chalk
3
canvas
3
gray wash
3
brown ink
2
watercolor
2
copper
1
enamel
1
engraving (printing process)
1
pastel
1
pen
1
porcelain
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scraping
1
white chalk
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intaglio print
10
drawing
8
watercolor
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painting
4
miniature
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Genre
portrait
23
genre subject
6
religious and mythological subject
3
military art
1
Subject Terms
portrait
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cries
6
genre subject
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man
6
woman
6
braids
4
peddler
4
basket
3
flowers
3
ruffle
3
working class
3
costume
2
dress
2
wig
2
Garland
1
Georgian
1
book
1
bottle
1
boy
1
brushes
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Associated Places
England
6
Europe
6
London
6
United Kingdom
6
Associated People
Adam, Mary
1
Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck (1707–1782), judge
1
Dawson, Lady Anne (1733—1769)
1
Orde, Anne (née Marr, died 1788), daughter of Ralph Marr of Morpeth, widow of the Revd Pye, and second wife of John Orde (c.1704–c.1786)
1
Orde, John (c.1704–c.1786) of East Orde and Morpeth
1
Orde, William
1
Robertson, William (1721–1793), cleric/religious official, academic/intellectual
1
Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
1
Exhibition History
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
4
Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 (National Portrait Gallery, 1992-10-16 - 1993-01-16)
1
Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1992-08-01 - 1992-09-27)
1
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
1
George Stubbs (Neue Pinakothek - Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, 2012-01-26 - 2012-05-06)
1
Hogarth and Europe (Tate Britain, 2021-11-01 - 2022-03-20)
1
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
1
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
1
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
22
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Purchased in memory of Paul Mellon on the occasion of his centennial
1
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Self-Portrait
ca. 1759
Not on view
2
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant
between 1754 and 1756
Not on view
3
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Mary Adam
1754
Not on view
4
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
between 1754 and 1755
Not on view
5
Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715–1763
Portrait of a Lady
1754
6
Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808
Portrait of a Gentleman
undated
7
Copy after James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Charlotte Dundas (née Fitzwilliam)
1754
8
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Charlotte Dundas (née Fitzwilliam)
1754
10
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
11
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
12
Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
13
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Girl with a Basket of Oranges
ca. 1759
14
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Boy with a Donkey
ca. 1759
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)
1754
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Man with a Bottle
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke
ca. 1759
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Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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John Hall, 1739–1797
William Robertson
undated
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Anne Dawson at age 21 (1733-1769)
1754
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Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Ann Dawson as "Diana"
1754
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Emily, Countess of Kildare, 1754
1754
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
James, Earl of Kildare
1754